Megan Romer

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The New Yorker Radio Hour · How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

We are out in the communities actually changing minds.

Democrats really like a slogan.

They like an ad.

They like a mailer.

I don't think so.

I think taking principled positions tells people that you're principled.

Um and I I think we see voters really responding to that.

And we see people saying, Oh, you're actually thinking about the systems.

You know, even Thomas Jefferson, for all of his heinous problems, um

I think he he was writing letters to James Madison where he talked about we need a new constitution every nineteen years 'cause he did some calculation in his head that um

That that is when a generation changes over.

And he said people should not be haunted by these rules set for them by previous generations.

So this is not actually it it's not a new concept to say, like, hey, wait a second, why are we doing this thing this way?

So what I think often on the outside looks like

In fighting or mess, we just call it democracy.

We think it's good.

We're always happy to

Pick apart anything, ruthless critique of all that exists, to use a Marxist phrase.

I did quote Thomas Jefferson too.

Well, I was ruthlessly critiquing him for all that exists.

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