What an excellent and outstanding talk; propers to Mr. Wilmore and Mr. Meacham and all involved in audience and crew of Live Talks Los Angeles, sincerely!
I always say,"I learn more from a conversation than worried about winning in an debate ". In an debated the main objective is that there has to be a winner in an conversation everybody walk away free to think about what they just experience. I hope learn something or see the same thing in a different light. I don't understand people not wanting to engage in conversation and still be free to walk away unchanged in your beliefs. Life goes on and I hope growth continue to take place. At 70 I am still interested in learning and growing in my experiences and knowledge.
OMG!!! Please tell us there is a sequel!!! The casting, the story, the ending!!!!! This show was incredible!!! HULU bring it back!! REASONABLE DOUBT!!!!
Jon Meacham is just straight up, an amazing historian of our time. So knowledgeable, such a comprehensive understanding of our American history and waxes on it eloquently. He is a reputable asset for our democracy.
Intersection of economics, politics & power; the intransigence leading to the CW & prospect of continuing resistance of the defeated South as a festering sore, & the economic hardship they faced bc their economic model was trashed, meant sweeteners were added to the deal - to minimise resentment. The ability of those states, of those interests in slavery, to destroy or maim the Union had been amply demonstrated, thus their negotiating power vastly exceeded that of the emancipated slaves. And the predominant vision of America after the war was not as we see it today, ie it was not an integrated vision. The Jim Crowe era was then an administrative, economic & political continuation of the CW, hence reparations was hardly imaginable. SCOTUS relatuvely recently held that those southern states no longer needed federal supervision to prevent racial gerrymandering (the VRA), & that they were best placed to decide on abortion without federal direction, so over-ruled RvW .. and we can see how that all is turning out! If African Americans functioned as a political & economic block they'd have enough power to wring in some serious changes, but they don't, & the political strategy of the republicans is to ensure they are perpetually divided for this very reason. If the whole minority vote was united .. same outcome, but again, republicans are determined that this will not happen. It's called divide & conquer, & it's as old as human nature as a political strategy. As deeply social animals we are highly susceptible to this tactic.
By calling him a Yankee he is referring to his support of the Union against the Separatist movement which became the Confederates. The term Yankee as a reference to an individual is born at this time to distinguish between those that were loyal to their "state" or to the "union". Winfield was considered a "yankee" and would have been called such in a derogatory way by his fellow Virginians. It is even noted that Robert E. Lee wasn't "really" in support of perpetual slavery but he felt more loyal to his "state" then he did to the "union". The context of how "Americans" saw themselves back then compared to modern times is important. And before you blast me too much... I am American in ancestry even if I am Canadian.
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What an excellent and outstanding talk; propers to Mr. Wilmore and Mr. Meacham and all involved in audience and crew of Live Talks Los Angeles, sincerely!
Thank you.
I always say,"I learn more from a conversation than worried about winning in an debate ". In an debated the main objective is that there has to be a winner in an conversation everybody walk away free to think about what they just experience. I hope learn something or see the same thing in a different light. I don't understand people not wanting to engage in conversation and still be free to walk away unchanged in your beliefs. Life goes on and I hope growth continue to take place. At 70 I am still interested in learning and growing in my experiences and knowledge.
OMG!!! Please tell us there is a sequel!!! The casting, the story, the ending!!!!! This show was incredible!!! HULU bring it back!! REASONABLE DOUBT!!!!
Jon Meacham is just straight up, an amazing historian of our time. So knowledgeable, such a comprehensive understanding of our American history and waxes on it eloquently. He is a reputable asset for our democracy.
Thank you. Great talk!
This is one of the most interesting of the Meacham interviews.
sense of fairness and respect for the rule of law before policy, YESSSSS!!!!!!
“Founders would be surprised we made it this far.” Best quote.
Meacham speaks in quotes.
Thank you Jon. I wonder as you gain insight have you ever thought about what part you could play in the government?
19:00 U.S. paid slaveowners at Reconstruction, albeit under Johnson.
Intersection of economics, politics & power; the intransigence leading to the CW & prospect of continuing resistance of the defeated South as a festering sore, & the economic hardship they faced bc their economic model was trashed, meant sweeteners were added to the deal - to minimise resentment.
The ability of those states, of those interests in slavery, to destroy or maim the Union had been amply demonstrated, thus their negotiating power vastly exceeded that of the emancipated slaves.
And the predominant vision of America after the war was not as we see it today, ie it was not an integrated vision.
The Jim Crowe era was then an administrative, economic & political continuation of the CW, hence reparations was hardly imaginable.
SCOTUS relatuvely recently held that those southern states no longer needed federal supervision to prevent racial gerrymandering (the VRA), & that they were best placed to decide on abortion without federal direction, so over-ruled RvW .. and we can see how that all is turning out!
If African Americans functioned as a political & economic block they'd have enough power to wring in some serious changes, but they don't, & the political strategy of the republicans is to ensure they are perpetually divided for this very reason.
If the whole minority vote was united .. same outcome, but again, republicans are determined that this will not happen.
It's called divide & conquer, & it's as old as human nature as a political strategy. As deeply social animals we are highly susceptible to this tactic.
Mr. Meacham is essentially wrong in his comment at about 56:00 that Winfield Scott was a Yankee. He was, in fact, a Virginian.
By calling him a Yankee he is referring to his support of the Union against the Separatist movement which became the Confederates. The term Yankee as a reference to an individual is born at this time to distinguish between those that were loyal to their "state" or to the "union". Winfield was considered a "yankee" and would have been called such in a derogatory way by his fellow Virginians. It is even noted that Robert E. Lee wasn't "really" in support of perpetual slavery but he felt more loyal to his "state" then he did to the "union". The context of how "Americans" saw themselves back then compared to modern times is important. And before you blast me too much... I am American in ancestry even if I am Canadian.
This conversation is the INVERSE of Wack
I've often wondered if Truman was chosen because he was such a pain-in-the-ass in the Senate investigating war profiteering and malfeasance.
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