Right on discourse has conquered so many institutions and societies. At the very least, you need to take a few of those courses in order to have a sense of how you manoeuvre through the social world without risk to your livelihood. And at its pinnacle, being very versed in that language who buys you access to any number of very fancy jobs with big corporations. So i don't know what becomes of a person back to orwell, politics of the english language. I don't know if it is a financial fast track to these opinions. You have to have the opinions and be acorrent when you're talking to the head person, but i don’t know if you need
Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of America's most incisive essayists. In her articles about a wide range of topics including modern motherhood, the politics of higher education, and the state of the abortion debate, she skewers consensus views with her trademark wit.
In this week’s conversation, Caitlin Flanagan and Yascha Mounk discuss her coming-of-age in 1960s Berkeley, the evolution of freedom of speech, and whether America has a future.
This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
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