Interesting interview with someone who has thought deeply about what has shaped and is shaping the USA in Trump's era. It would be great if an academic of similar standing could explain the roots and rise of American conservative idealogy, which is beginning to influence my own country. R (Australia)
She makes a point at 12:30 that has been a major point with me. Despite the cons related to having the parties select the nominees, allowing the primary process, i.e. direct democracy from the voters, to choose the nominees with no checks (super delegates) employed by the parties, has allowed us to reach this point. I predict the parties will eventually reimplement some controls once we once again understand that direct democracy does not produce the best outcomes.
Both parties need a mechanism to produce candidates who appeal not only to their own party but also to swing voters. The uncomfortable answer is to rely more on some form of superdelegates. Superdelegates would be more acceptable to the public if many regular members of the public could be meritocratically selected to be superdelegates. That would be difficult, but losing elections is worse.
What a smart professor to listen to.
RS. Canada
Interesting interview with someone who has thought deeply about what has shaped and is shaping the USA in Trump's era. It would be great if an academic of similar standing could explain the roots and rise of American conservative idealogy, which is beginning to influence my own country. R (Australia)
Great episode!
She makes a point at 12:30 that has been a major point with me. Despite the cons related to having the parties select the nominees, allowing the primary process, i.e. direct democracy from the voters, to choose the nominees with no checks (super delegates) employed by the parties, has allowed us to reach this point. I predict the parties will eventually reimplement some controls once we once again understand that direct democracy does not produce the best outcomes.
Both parties need a mechanism to produce candidates who appeal not only to their own party but also to swing voters. The uncomfortable answer is to rely more on some form of superdelegates. Superdelegates would be more acceptable to the public if many regular members of the public could be meritocratically selected to be superdelegates. That would be difficult, but losing elections is worse.
Very interesting discussion
If you want to understand Trump and the America First Movement, you must read Heidegger, Spengler and Alexander Dugin…
Yale in '63 was a very different place!
Be real they are trying to flatter them for better deals, like with Kim
Acting like issues are deal and done is terrible terrible recurring flaw of the center/left.