What is the "Successor Ideology"?

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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4.7 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Wesley Yang is one of the America’s leading essayists. From “Paper Tigers,” his examination of why Asian-Americans remain underrepresented in leaderships positions, to “The Face of Seung-Hui Cho,” his meditation on the shooter who killed 33 people at Virginia Tech, he has traced America’s shifting understanding of race. But over the past years, the focus of Yang’s work has subtly shifted. He is now trying to chronicle and explain what he calls the “successor ideology,” the constellation of ideas that seek to usurp liberalism, and which others have called by such names as “wokeness” or “social justice.” In the latest episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk and Wesley Yang discuss the precise definition of the successor ideology; the need for genuine empathy when exchanging ideas; and what forms of cultural sensitivity are truly inclusive as opposed to alienating Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: goodfightpod@gmail.com Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by John T. Williams and Rebecca Rashid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.
0:25.0	Hi everyone, my name is Carol Mistakus.
0:29.0	I recently wrote an article for persuasion in regard to my own family story pertaining to how the
0:35.7	criminal justice system and the registry causes so much suffering to whole families.
0:41.7	I received a lot of support from my article but the truth is
0:44.9	that the majority of the public would say those on the registry deserve it.
0:49.2	That's why I tell my story. The public and the legislators need to know that with these draconian
0:56.0	laws, anyone can end up on the registry. You'reinating outside, children playing doctor, or just being inquisitive, teen sexting, consensual
1:06.2	teen sex, or an accidental click on the computer can put you on the registry.
1:12.0	The registry is a lifetime punishment.
1:14.9	It takes away jobs and homes.
1:17.2	It separates families.
1:19.0	And those on the registry wear that scarlet letter
1:21.6	for the rest of their lives.
1:23.6	In my case, I live the registry,
1:26.0	even though I'm not officially on it.
1:28.4	My son has an intellectual and developmental disability
1:32.2	and functions at about the age of 10. and and frankly the average person cannot either.
1:45.0	My son was manipulated into doing something he did not know was a crime.
1:50.0	There was no physical contact and for that he is a convicted sex offender and on the registry.
1:57.9	No accommodations were made for his disability.
2:01.3	He now has lost eight years of much needed brain development and socialization.
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