The History of America

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America does seem to be divided into two categories. Those who only want to look at what we've done right and are completely blind, he says. But if you look at the history of our country over time, just as in your country, we have tended to self correct. We answered slavery with abolition. We answered the institutionalized oppression of women with women's suffrage. And it's simply our turn.

Marianne Williamson, the bestselling self-help author and former Democratic primary candidate, is back in the race to become US President. She is due to announce officially tomorrow, which will make her the first Democrat to put their name in the ring for 2024, before even Joe Biden. In 2020, Williamson (a total political unknown at the time) vied for the progressive vote, but lost out to the better-known Senator Bernie Sanders. Yet since then she has grown a loyal following of young voters who call themselves the ‘Orb Gang’ in reference to her New Age spiritualism. Can a new generation of American voters take her to the White House? UnHerd's Flo Read spoke to her from the UnHerd studio to find out.

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