#96 Is Trump's America a failed state? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara
Added 2020-09-02 16:52:22 +0000 UTCBhaskar Sunkara joins me to talk about the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin and collusion between the far right and the police, whether the frightening prospect of a second Trump administration makes a rerun of the 2016 election result less likely - in spite of Joe Biden's underwhelming policy platform - and we also talked about the prospect of the American right breaking from its relative economic orthodoxy and moving towards advocacy of a meaningful industrial policy.
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I only listened to this in April 2021 and found it very perceptive in analysing what was going to happen, with one exception. It turned or that getting more people to vote did not create an especially more Democratic electorate, and this is something that must be reckoned with. I found myself agreeing with Bhaskar's strategy -- it does no good to be hypercritical of The Squad and such right now, but eventually such a confrontation might be necessary. Astute politicians, though, have an uncanny ability to join an emerging consensus, so it might not even be necessary, in the end.
Paul Brewer
2021-04-28 18:14:00 +0000 UTC
