I think that I have a hot hand with my brokenism, meaning I'm not slow to look at something and say, it's broken beyond repair. So I am quicker than a lot of other people I know to consign things to the dustbin of history now. But for me, what that means is that America has at least historically been fertile ground for pretty radical change. And so when I talk about feeling like I immediately will consign an American institution to the dust bin of history, it's almost because America doesn't mind. Like you want to throw out all of the Ivy leagues, literally just throw them out of the ocean, America will be fine. It will just make
Sean Illing speaks with Alana Newhouse, the editor-in-chief of Tablet magazine. They discuss her recent essay on "brokenism," a term she coined in an effort to redefine political divisions in America. Newhouse argues that the most salient divide right now is between those who want to fix the institutions we have and those who want to burn it all down and start fresh.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area
Guest: Alana Newhouse (@alananewhouse) editor-in-chief, Tablet
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