Power Requires Violence: Inside the System That Protects Abusive Men - WMNF 88.5 FM
Sociologist Nicole Badera examines how systemic violence and power uphold abusive behaviors among elites, linking various incidents like ICE enforcement, Epstein's activities, and dismantling campus protections. She argues that violence is a tool used to maintain power that often favors violent men, with examples from high-profile cases to national events, illustrating how silence can be more dangerous than resistance.
Sociologist Nicole Badera, author of *On the Wrong Side, *connects ICE enforcement, the Epstein files, and the gutting of campus sexual assault protections to a single through line: power that requires violence to sustain itself.
She reveals how elite fraternities train future policymakers to operate above the law, how Epstein ran a consulting service helping accused men beat Title IX investigations while DeVos dismantled those protections from inside the DOE, and why America consistently chooses the potential of violent men over the wreckage they leave behind. From Kavanaugh to the January 6th pardons, Smitty and Badera trace how the same dynamics that keep domestic violence victims tethered to their abusers are playing out on a national scale and why Minneapolis is showing us what happens when people decide silence is more dangerous than resistance.
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