Depolarize Now!

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🗓️ 24 April 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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How to depolarize American politics How to Depolarize American Politics; The Biology of Political Bias; Elif Shafak on the Pain of Living in a Polarized Culture; Bookmark: Jonathan Chait recommends “What Hath God Wrought” by Daniel Walker Howe; The Future of Left and Right.

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0:00.0	There's a new sound in American politics. We've heard it before, but not quite like this.
0:06.4	People love me.
0:07.7	Donald Trump, look past the boasting, and you'll see right through him.
0:12.1	I will also quickly and decisively bomb the hell out of ISIS.
0:15.9	Donald Trump says we can solve America's problems by turning against each other. It's wrong. And it goes against
0:23.3	everything New York and America stand for. I am sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn
0:29.5	that you supported raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. You know, wait a moment, wait a moment.
0:35.6	I have stood on the debate stage with Senator Sanders eight prior times.
0:42.3	Excuse me.
0:43.3	You're both screaming at each other.
0:45.3	The viewers won't be able to hear either of you.
0:52.3	This is the sound of polarization.
0:55.0	People yelling at each other across a political divide.
0:59.0	Now, politicians have been calling each other names since forever.
1:03.0	I mean, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
1:06.0	They ran an absolutely vicious campaign against each other.
1:09.0	But today, it's not just the politicians. It's us.
1:14.7	I mean, seriously, when was the last time you said something really nasty, really mean about people
1:21.4	in the other political party? I'm Anne Strange Champs, and in this episode of, to the best of our
1:26.8	knowledge, it's time to depolarize.
1:29.8	It's time to rescue American politics from us.
1:33.8	In a way, it's the last refuge of just open animosity.
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