#1387 Hyper-Partisanship is Baked Into the System, Not a Result of Bad Actors
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Air Date 12/15/2020
Today we take a look at the current state of hyper-partisanship and its origins. The system seems broken because it is broken and it was never designed to work this way in the first place. And what about that bygone era of bipartisanship? It's likely that was a fluke and the result of one-party dominance in the New Deal era, it is not the norm throughout history.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Changes in American Political Parties Part 1 - Professor Buzzkill History Podcast - Air Date 7-2-20
We explain why the Democratic and Republican political parties have the same names, but totally different attitudes and policies over the decades.
Ch. 2: Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational Part 1 - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 12-3-20
This is a conversation about that question, about how the system we have incentivizes a politics of confrontation we don’t seem to want and makes steady, stable governance a thing of the past. Princeton political scientist Frances Lee.
Ch. 3: Trump, Evangelicals, Fascism, Torture, Propaganda Q + A Part 1 - FrameLab Podcast - Air Date 3-17-18
Dr. Lakoff and Gil Duran answer listener questions. Topics include: Trump Evangelicals; Conservatism's #1 Rule; Fascism; Capitalism vs. Socialism; the American Idea; Biconceptualism; How the Government Frames Issues Like Torture, and more.
Ch. 4: Changes in American Political Parties Part 2 - Professor Buzzkill History Podcast - Air Date 7-2-20
We explain why the Democratic and Republican political parties have the same names, but totally different attitudes and policies over the decades.
Ch. 5: Trump, Evangelicals, Fascism, Torture, Propaganda Q + A Part 2 - FrameLab Podcast - Air Date 3-17-18
Dr. Lakoff and Gil Duran answer listener questions. Topics include: Trump Evangelicals; Conservatism's #1 Rule; Fascism; Capitalism vs. Socialism; the American Idea; Biconceptualism; How the Government Frames Issues Like Torture, and more.
Ch. 6: Frances Lee on why bipartisanship is irrational Part 2 - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 12-3-20
This is a conversation about that question, about how the system we have incentivizes a politics of confrontation we don’t seem to want and makes steady, stable governance a thing of the past. Princeton political scientist Frances Lee.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.5 | about the current state of hyper-partisanship and its origins. |
| 0:12.6 | The system seems to be broken because it is broken and it was never designed to work |
| 0:17.7 | this way in the first place. |
| 0:19.7 | And then what about the bygone era of bipartisanship? |
| 0:23.6 | We all look back wistfully on. |
| 0:26.4 | Well, it's likely that was a fluke and the result of one party dominance in the new deal |
| 0:32.6 | era, something that is not likely to be repeated anytime soon, and it is not the norm throughout |
| 0:37.8 | history. |
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