Insights from the The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway episode “Is America Sliding Toward Authoritarianism? — with Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer”, published July 16, 2026.
Authoritarianism today rarely arrives via a dramatic coup; it manifests as the gradual, institutional hollowing out of democratic norms. To resist, citizens must move beyond performative online outrage and adopt 'collective stubbornness'—using their specific professional and local influence to throw sand in the gears of compliance before the threat becomes acute.
Topics: authoritarianism, activism, democracy, tech-policy, civil-disobedience