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The Good Fight

The Most Dangerous Idea in American Politics

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7963 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Yascha Mounk explains why the belief that Democrats are inevitably headed towards a demographic majority is the most dangerous ideas in American politics, and talks to Sheri Berman about the purpose of protests, the future of the Democratic Party, and the enduring promise of social democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0

While the left can't abandon those socially liberal causes it needs to find a way to

0:48.0

talk about them in a way that's more unifying than dividing. Otherwise you

0:52.1

know you end up allowing

0:53.3

populace to kind of come in and use that social wedge to divide what

0:57.6

could otherwise be a fairly unified coalition.

1:00.1

And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.

1:04.0

Welcome to the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can be to the

1:10.0

retire and populists like Donald Trump over the next four years and the next 40.

1:15.0

There's been a lot of talk about Democrats' inevitable demographic majority.

1:20.0

The idea is simple.

1:22.0

Young Americans are more liberal than older Americans.

1:24.8

Minority voters are more liberal than white voters. So as young voters replace older

1:30.1

voters and as Americans become majority

1:33.2

Democrats will enjoy a huge advantage.

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