Many of us are asking whether we're witnessing the beginning of the end of our political and social order in some sense. There has been a breakdown of competence on so many fronts that it's fairly fantasmagorical at this point, says Julian Zelizer. Social media is amplifying doubts about everything by exaggerating the severity of real problems, but also by inventing imaginary ones, he adds.
Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American politics and civil society. They discuss the hyperpartisanship of the Left and Right, what Trump has done to the Republican party, the breakdown of trust in institutions, the “new catastrophism” enabled by social media, the problem of populism, and other topics.
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