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David French on Political Polarization in America and Its Impact on the 2020 Elections

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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Are We at a Tipping Point?

Sally Kohn: If Trump wins, it's not a blip because then you've had four years of American experience with sort of the Trump populism. She says there needs to be a large and geographically contiguous region, relatively similar or homogenous cultures. Cultures and liberties perceived to be under threat; number three is you consumed with an unreasonable fear of violence. Kohn: We're at one through three, but and we might it be at 3.1, let's say. But what I'm saying is it becomes a crisis when you add that fourth dynamic - real alarm about violent intent.

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