132 | Charlotte Alter: Are Millennial Politicians the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For?

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Charlotte Alter, a Time national correspondent and author of The Ones Weve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America joins The Realignment to discuss the careers and impact of the first millennials to hold political office, the prospects for both parties over the next few decades, and whether social media era politicians have the skills to actually address big problems and advance their agendas. Purchase a mug: https://www.therealignment.fm/ Subscribe to our Substack: https://therealignment.substack.com/

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0:00.0	Marshall and Saga here, welcome back to the Realignment.
0:04.0	Frankly, one of the problems that young conservatives have right now is that there are
0:12.8	not a lot of issues that people are like, I care, you know, I'm a young person, there's
0:17.2	a lot about this issue and that's why I'm a Republican.
0:21.0	The Democrats actually do have a lot of issues where it's like, like you said earlier,
0:25.7	if you're a young person who cares a lot about climate, you're a Democrat.
0:29.1	If your young person cares a lot about racial injustice, you're a Democrat.
0:32.2	If your young person cares a lot about LGBTQ rights, you're very likely to be a Democrat.
0:39.2	One of the only issues that Republicans have working in their favor is this issue of free
0:45.5	speech and, you know, what some people call cancel culture, which I agree with, or I forgot
0:55.3	who alluded to this earlier, but, you know, in talking about, again, a realignment of our
1:00.0	politics, I think that that is an issue that's emerging.
1:10.6	Thanks for joining in everyone, especially those of you who tuned in for the episode
1:16.0	I did solo.
1:17.0	That was a lot of fun, but I am so pumped to have Saga back with me for a conversation
1:21.1	that is going to resonate with everyone, old realiners, and new breakers.
1:26.2	Saga, I'm not quite sure what the name for people who watch breaking points is.
1:30.7	So we're here with Charlotte Alter.
1:33.0	She is a senior correspondent at Time Magazine, and she's written a book, The Ones We've
1:37.8	Been Waiting for, How A New Generation Leaders Were Transform America.
1:42.2	The book is so interesting because it is recently out in paperback.
1:46.2	The hardcover came out last year, and it takes a different approach to the questions
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