Robert Putnam

And I'm not saying, this is important, bridging good, bonding bad, because if you get sick, the people who bring you chicken soup are likely to reflect your bonding social capital. That's a little bit what Christiana was earlier saying, the people who would really take care of her, who would bring her chicken soup or the equivalent would be Bonding social capital.

I'm saying bonding social capital is not necessarily bad, but bridging social capital is crucial for a modern, diverse society like ours. Bridging across racial, across age, across gender, across party and so on. So far, so good. Right, right, right. But bridging is harder to build than bonding social capital. My grandmother knew that.

I'm saying bonding social capital is not necessarily bad, but bridging social capital is crucial for a modern, diverse society like ours. Bridging across racial, across age, across gender, across party and so on. So far, so good. Right, right, right. But bridging is harder to build than bonding social capital. My grandmother knew that.

My grandmother said to me, Bobby, birds of a feather flock together. Right. She didn't think I'd understand. What she meant was, Bobby, bridging social capital is harder to build than bonding social capital. But she didn't think I'd understand that, which is why she used the avian metaphor about birds. But that's the basic point. So here's the challenge.

My grandmother said to me, Bobby, birds of a feather flock together. Right. She didn't think I'd understand. What she meant was, Bobby, bridging social capital is harder to build than bonding social capital. But she didn't think I'd understand that, which is why she used the avian metaphor about birds. But that's the basic point. So here's the challenge.

Much of Trump's support, it draws from different kinds of demographic groups, of course, but it's bonded heavily on politics and not bridging at all. And so now I'm back at the question, why isn't Putnam saying he wants lots of Ku Klux Klan? And the answer is, I don't want lots of Ku Klux Klan because it's bonding and I want a lot of more bridging. Does that make sense to what I'm saying?

Much of Trump's support, it draws from different kinds of demographic groups, of course, but it's bonded heavily on politics and not bridging at all. And so now I'm back at the question, why isn't Putnam saying he wants lots of Ku Klux Klan? And the answer is, I don't want lots of Ku Klux Klan because it's bonding and I want a lot of more bridging. Does that make sense to what I'm saying?

So this is, sorry, you didn't invite me on here to cite all my books, but I'm going to cite yet another book.

So this is, sorry, you didn't invite me on here to cite all my books, but I'm going to cite yet another book.

Okay, I want to talk about The Growing Gap Between Rich Folks and Poor Folks in America. And the book was called Our Kids. The book was focused on a whole series of charts and graphs that showed the gap between rich kids and poor kids growing. And I'll say more about what I meant by that. But in particular, by rich, I didn't mean literally having lots of money. The book is based on

Okay, I want to talk about The Growing Gap Between Rich Folks and Poor Folks in America. And the book was called Our Kids. The book was focused on a whole series of charts and graphs that showed the gap between rich kids and poor kids growing. And I'll say more about what I meant by that. But in particular, by rich, I didn't mean literally having lots of money. The book is based on

The upper third of American society, which is basically college-educated folks.

The upper third of American society, which is basically college-educated folks.

And the lower two-thirds of America, which is basically people who didn't graduate from four years of college. And what that book showed is a growing gap also among their parents. Those two groups are increasingly... They don't marry one another. It used to be that there were people would marry across these class lines, but they don't now.

And the lower two-thirds of America, which is basically people who didn't graduate from four years of college. And what that book showed is a growing gap also among their parents. Those two groups are increasingly... They don't marry one another. It used to be that there were people would marry across these class lines, but they don't now.

They used to be that they would live in the same neighborhood, but they were increasingly living in not racially segregated, but class segregated homes. And what I'm trying to say is that class lens... was when I wrote the book, at least as important as the racial lens. And it's becoming, relatively speaking, the class lens is becoming more important

They used to be that they would live in the same neighborhood, but they were increasingly living in not racially segregated, but class segregated homes. And what I'm trying to say is that class lens... was when I wrote the book, at least as important as the racial lens. And it's becoming, relatively speaking, the class lens is becoming more important

Relative to the racial lens, the plight facing working class whites is the same as the plight facing working class blacks. That's what Bernie Sanders noticed. He was talking about everybody. It's down, not at the bottom, meaning the poorest of the poor, but the lower two thirds of the country. Right. And.

Relative to the racial lens, the plight facing working class whites is the same as the plight facing working class blacks. That's what Bernie Sanders noticed. He was talking about everybody. It's down, not at the bottom, meaning the poorest of the poor, but the lower two thirds of the country. Right. And.

I think that the Democratic Party, this may be controversial, I think the Democratic Party has got to start focusing more on those class differences and less exclusively on the racial or other identity issues. Now, it sounds like I'm saying let's forget about black folks, and I'm not saying that.