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This is Solvable. I'm Jacob Weisberg.

So these are people who are seditionists.

They don't accept the legitimacy of the state, of the government, of the institutions,

and they would like to overthrow them.

The United States is facing a challenge we haven't confronted since the Civil War.

On January 6th, we experienced a physical assault against our democracy.

And a significant segment of society continues to support the assault, not our democracy.

This is too many people to wish away.

It's too many people to shun.

It's even too many people to cancel.

So what do we do about this extreme polarization?

How do we live alongside people who reject our system of government?

How can we get back to healthier kinds of political disagreement?

Here it's solvable, we're going to take a deeper look at the problem of American polarization.

As Bifitzley approaches the show, we're going to have a series of conversations

focused on solutions and making things better.

Our question is what works to reduce extremism and division,

in terms of finding common ground and building bridges,

in terms of redesigning social media,

and in terms of political leadership.

Last week, we heard Ann Applebaum talk to Juan Manuel Santos about the process of reconciliation

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