Is This Democracy

8. How Do We Save Democracy from Donald Trump? (And a proper dissection of the terms “culture wars” and “identity politics”)

Dec 23, 2022

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The Dangers of Not Prosecuting

03:23

Trump Is Only a Problem for What Happens Next

02:48

Culture Wars - What Is It?

05:09

Introduction

6min

I Think This Is the Right Decision

6min

Is He Indicted but Isn't Convicted?

2min

The President Will Not Call Off the People's Protest

3min

Is There a Civil War in the United States?

4min

Is January 6 a Civil War or a Political Violation?

3min

The Dangers of Not Prosecuting

3min

Is Garland a Bad Pick for This Job?

4min

History Is Not Coming to the Defense of American Democracy

2min

10.

The Election Undermining

3min

11.

The Final Report on January 6

5min

12.

Trump Is Only a Problem for What Happens Next

3min

13.

Do You Think January 6 Is a Good Day for Democracy?

5min

14.

The Calling Democrats the Devil Is Not There Performance

4min

15.

Culture Wars and Related Identity Politics

3min

16.

Culture Wars - What Is It?

5min

17.

Is There a Better Word for Culture Awards?

3min

18.

Is There a Conflict Over Culture?

2min

19.

Trans Rights - Is That Culture War?

5min

20.

Identity Politics

5min

21.

The Impossibility of Taking the Identity Out of Politics

2min

22.

Is There a Male Identity Politics?

5min

23.

The Last Podcast of the Year

1min

The January 6 Committee is recommending prosecution: Justice is (maybe) coming for Donald Trump. We discuss the larger implications of this decision, the potential pitfalls, and the role of legal procedures in solving a political problem like Trumpism – Now that the Committee has finished its work, we reflect on what it has and has not achieved, about the story the Committee has decided to tell, and on the dangers of focusing too narrowly on Trump as the threat to democracy – Culture wars! Identity politics! We dissect the origins, meaning, and political implications of these terms, assess their utility to make sense of the current situation, and discuss how they have been weaponized in service of reactionary political projects to obscure more than they illuminate.

This episode was produced by Connor Lynch