The Dangers of Nepotism in Politics

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Successful politicians do tend to create dynasties and this is troubling for democracy now by accident george washington had no children of his own and his adopted son bushrod was not that bright so there was no washington dynasty uh linkin had one son who survived to adulted robert who did not go into politics. There were few rosavalds who went into politics and you know robert kennedy now so no i share the view but i just think that from my perspective it's kind of like so in karib just do we end up with this technocratic establishment that is quietly censoring libertarian and conservative publications on the internet in the name of disinformation? That

Michael Lind is a writer and professor of the practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-founder of the think tank New America and the author of The New Class War: Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite and, most recently, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Michael Lind discuss whether one’s stances towards free trade, taxation, and workers’ rights are still a reliable predictor of voters’ broader political identity; why Lind, though he supports many economically progressive policies, is often classed as a conservative; and whether efforts to rebuild labor power and reinvigorate national industrial policy will succeed in improving the economy for ordinary people.

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