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The Realignment
487: John Ganz: How the 1990s Broke America - Con Men, and Conspiracies, and a Failed Transition from the Reagan Years
Jun 18, 2024
Author John Ganz discusses the cracks in American society in the early 1990s, the rise of outsider presidential candidates, and the influence of con men and conspiracy theories. The conversation explores forgotten struggles of the era, the impact of third-party candidates like Ross Perot, and the generational change in politics, including Trump's influence on the Republican Party.
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- The 1990s in America witnessed a sense of unrest and fragmentation, signaling underlying psychological and economic insecurity.
- Challenges like job decline, wage stagnation, economic hardship, and social issues contributed to a gloomy atmosphere in the early 1990s.
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The Disillusioned View of the 1990s
The 1990s are often remembered nostalgically as a time of peace and prosperity in the United States. However, the podcast discusses how there was an underlying sense of unrest and fragmentation at the beginning of the decade, indicating that the country was in an insecure place psychologically and economically. Despite fond memories of the culture and prosperity during the '90s, there were counterintuitive signs, events, and personalities revealing that America had already started to experience cracks during that period.
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