In this episode of The Rational Nationalist, Lee Ellis examines the internal divisions within the modern political Right, distinguishing between the Free Right and the Authoritarian Right.

Building on previous discussions of the Marxist Left and the Institutional Center, this episode explores nationalism, constitutionalism, political coalitions, and the growing tension between individual liberty and centralized power in modern politics.

The episode also introduces the “political megaphone” framework for understanding the relationship between government control, ideological extremism, and competing political movements in the modern world.

A look at how the global population had divided itself into transnational camps of Right, Left, and Center. We'll take a look at the Marxist Left and the Institutional Center, breaking down the transnational Right in our next episode.

We'll talk about how America never really won the Cold War - the enemy just transformed. We'll also distinguish between ideals and ideologies, and how the world's first capitalist Communist country is led by a honey-loving bear.

Throughout history, most people's level of political awareness was hoping that they would not get their crops burned and their families murdered by marauders.

During the Enlightenment, people learned to start thinking for themselves; during the Internet Era, they promptly stopped doing so. We'll examine the development of mass political awareness and activism that we see today.

People love dividing up into teams and killing each other, even when those teams are based on religions preaching pretty much the opposite.

We'll examine the Crusades and why Joan of Arc was willing to fight and die for a Dauphin who viewed people like her as little more than cattle.

We'll take a look to see what we'll need to get out of the Iran negotiations for it to have been worth risking a nuclear World War 3. Also, we'll start to make sense of the contours of a new global political system in which we're all players.

Is Trump changing goals in the middle of the Iran War by substituting nuclear disarmament for "unconditional surrender"? Is he actually negotiating with anyone in Iran?

And, finally, is TACO (Trump Always Cowards Out) the sloganeering equivalent of poking a bear in the eye? Do we have answers, or just more questions? Find out on this week's episode.

Does Donald Trump's obsession with being the center of attention skew his views on the Iran War? What about the prosecutions facing Bibi, or the potential impact of the elections on the American midterms?

We'll explore the personal motives of both leaders and how they may impact their decision-making process, focusing on their decision to attack Iran.