Stephen King’s novel “The Stand” and its television adaptations give us not only an apocalyptic horror story, but also a remarkably direct examination of how power works in social groups, how power attracts the corrupt, and how even good people with noble goals compromise their own ideals in the service of the perceived "greater good" of the group.

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00:00 Intro
01:10 Summary and Tangents
04:48 Randall Flagg
12:00 Hand of God
13:50 Build Back Busted
15:46 Adaptations
18:33 Nadine Cross
21:28 Harold Lauder
22:36 Stu Redman
23:50 Surrendering Autonomy
25:09 Non-Linear