Pick a Side - PG:CC with Thomas Zimmer

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Join me and brilliant Georgetown history professor, author of Democracy Americana and host of the ’Is This Democracy’ podcast as we discuss where democracy is in America post the 2022 midterms. The Declaration of Independence might talk about a country where all men are created equal, but if we’re honest with ourselves, that’s not what everyone wants. History tells us there are those, an entire party in fact, who’d prefer to have a certain group in charge and know they don’t need the majority to achieve it. They simply need to convince enough people in the center that their worldview is better than what the left is offering and we could find ourselves in permanent minority rule. The truth of the matter is, our country is incredibly divided, and it’s up to us, every single one of us, to decide which way we want to go. There’s no middle ground left, no more excuses to be made, people must choose. Guest social: Website: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0033600001q9V3MAAU/thomas-zimmer Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-this-democracy/id1652741954 Substack: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ Twitter: @tzimmer_history Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! www.thrivecausemetics.com/politicsgirl www.bombas.com/politicsgirl Code: PoliticsGirl www.lomi.com/politicsgirl www.uncommongoods.com/politicsgirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	the male genius and however terrible that person is and however many people have to suffer
0:07.0	from their terrible behavior, we have to somehow accept it and even like, you know,
0:12.4	revere them because supposedly they're giving so much genius to the world stop it like, you know.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:34.8	Today's pod is a candid conversation with Return Guest and my favorite historian, Thomas Zimmer.
0:40.0	Thomas is a professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service where he teaches 20th
0:44.8	century U.S. and International History with a focus on the transatlantic history of democracy.
0:50.3	He is also an author, the host of the amazing is this democracy podcast and the creator of the
0:55.6	sub-stack newsletter Democracy Americana. He is currently working on two book projects, a history
1:01.6	of polarizations since the 1960s and a book entitled White America's Fear of Liberal Democracy.
1:08.2	He writes a regular column for the Guardian about past, present and possible futures of American
1:12.9	democracy and I really wanted to have him on today to discuss where we are in America post midterms.
1:18.7	Thomas's insight is always eye-opening and I wanted to share his brilliance with you, my amazing
1:23.7	audience. So without further ado, please welcome back my guest author historian and Georgetown
1:28.4	professor Thomas Zimmer. Welcome Thomas. Well, thank you so much for having me back on. That's
1:35.0	really an honor. It means that the first time it couldn't have been all bad because I guess in
1:40.7	that case you wouldn't have invited me back on. No way man. Thank you for joining me again. I love
1:46.6	the way your brain works. I love the way your brain works even if I don't always love what you're
1:50.5	saying because sometimes I find it deeply distressing. But we're in a precarious time in America and
1:57.2	for those of us who see it for what it is, we're often treated like a bit of a downer because
2:02.4	in reality when you start sounding the alarm it upsets people. But I'm not doing it to upset people.
2:07.2	You're not doing it to upset people. We're doing it to inspire and instigate change. Like if I tell
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