Derek Thompson

The police, I mean, the military, we're in an age right now where in order to be a successful politician and in order to be a successful political movement, you need an answer for the age of anti-institutionalism.

The police, I mean, the military, we're in an age right now where in order to be a successful politician and in order to be a successful political movement, you need an answer for the age of anti-institutionalism.

The police, I mean, the military, we're in an age right now where in order to be a successful politician and in order to be a successful political movement, you need an answer for the age of anti-institutionalism.

And one challenge I think for Democrats today is that, this is a little bit mean maybe, but as the cranks and conspiracy theorists somewhat realign into the Republican Party and folks like RFK, who used to be on the far left are now on the right, The Democratic Party has become the party of status quo institutional guys, people that are defending these institutions that aren't popular.

And one challenge I think for Democrats today is that, this is a little bit mean maybe, but as the cranks and conspiracy theorists somewhat realign into the Republican Party and folks like RFK, who used to be on the far left are now on the right, The Democratic Party has become the party of status quo institutional guys, people that are defending these institutions that aren't popular.

And one challenge I think for Democrats today is that, this is a little bit mean maybe, but as the cranks and conspiracy theorists somewhat realign into the Republican Party and folks like RFK, who used to be on the far left are now on the right, The Democratic Party has become the party of status quo institutional guys, people that are defending these institutions that aren't popular.

And one thing our book tries to do in a lot of different ways is say, we got to cut that out. we have to be able to point to the very, very clear failures of government and public health and regulatory bodies and say, these folks have failed. And if we're gonna be the party, Democrats, if we're gonna be the party of government,

And one thing our book tries to do in a lot of different ways is say, we got to cut that out. we have to be able to point to the very, very clear failures of government and public health and regulatory bodies and say, these folks have failed. And if we're gonna be the party, Democrats, if we're gonna be the party of government,

And one thing our book tries to do in a lot of different ways is say, we got to cut that out. we have to be able to point to the very, very clear failures of government and public health and regulatory bodies and say, these folks have failed. And if we're gonna be the party, Democrats, if we're gonna be the party of government,

We sure as hell be the party that is obsessed with making government work. And that requires renewal. It requires change and reform and being honest about where you failed. And so, yeah, I think that's a huge part of this little mindset shift that we're trying to have here.

We sure as hell be the party that is obsessed with making government work. And that requires renewal. It requires change and reform and being honest about where you failed. And so, yeah, I think that's a huge part of this little mindset shift that we're trying to have here.

We sure as hell be the party that is obsessed with making government work. And that requires renewal. It requires change and reform and being honest about where you failed. And so, yeah, I think that's a huge part of this little mindset shift that we're trying to have here.

Yeah, Ezra and I have done a lot of podcasts with folks on the right. And I think it's really, really important to talk to the center right and the far right and be, I think liberals and maybe the left has gotten a little bit too obsessed with purity, a little bit too obsessed with this idea of if you're the wrong person, if you said the wrong word, that we're not going to associate with you.

Yeah, Ezra and I have done a lot of podcasts with folks on the right. And I think it's really, really important to talk to the center right and the far right and be, I think liberals and maybe the left has gotten a little bit too obsessed with purity, a little bit too obsessed with this idea of if you're the wrong person, if you said the wrong word, that we're not going to associate with you.

Yeah, Ezra and I have done a lot of podcasts with folks on the right. And I think it's really, really important to talk to the center right and the far right and be, I think liberals and maybe the left has gotten a little bit too obsessed with purity, a little bit too obsessed with this idea of if you're the wrong person, if you said the wrong word, that we're not going to associate with you.

We're going to cut you out of the movement. Guys, at the end of the day, elections are popularity contests. And the job is to grow the tent. And there's this question of like, who's going to be the liberal Joe Rogan in the 2020s? Well, you know, there used to be. a liberal Joe Rogan. His name was Joe Rogan.

We're going to cut you out of the movement. Guys, at the end of the day, elections are popularity contests. And the job is to grow the tent. And there's this question of like, who's going to be the liberal Joe Rogan in the 2020s? Well, you know, there used to be. a liberal Joe Rogan. His name was Joe Rogan.

We're going to cut you out of the movement. Guys, at the end of the day, elections are popularity contests. And the job is to grow the tent. And there's this question of like, who's going to be the liberal Joe Rogan in the 2020s? Well, you know, there used to be. a liberal Joe Rogan. His name was Joe Rogan.

Joe Rogan was a Bernie Sanders fan in 2016, and many things happened, and I don't want to just associate his political shift with just how he was treated by the left, but something clearly happened where I think liberals started to say, you know, we shouldn't allow people or we're going to judge people who are in our coalition for showing up on Joe Rogan and talking to someone who we think is conspiratorial.

Joe Rogan was a Bernie Sanders fan in 2016, and many things happened, and I don't want to just associate his political shift with just how he was treated by the left, but something clearly happened where I think liberals started to say, you know, we shouldn't allow people or we're going to judge people who are in our coalition for showing up on Joe Rogan and talking to someone who we think is conspiratorial.