Persuasion

A faculty group calls campus pluralism programs a sinister "Civility Industrial Complex." However, @EbooPatel argues that teaching students to disagree well isn't anti-democratic. It's the whole purpose of the university.
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@Yascha_Mounk, @matthewkaemingk, and @shadihamid discuss why the decline of religion has turned American politics into a kind of holy war and whether the Democratic Party can make room for voters with traditional religious convictions.
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@Yascha_Mounk, @shadihamid, and @matthewkaemingk discuss how the decline of faith has fueled polarization—and whether Democrats should make more room for religious voters.
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@shadihamid and @matthewkaemingk on Whether Democracy Needs Religion: open.substack.com/pub/persuasion…

@Yascha_Mounk and @martinwolf_ discuss whether democratic capitalism can recover from the damage done by populists like Donald Trump and how artificial intelligence might upend both the economy and humanity’s control over its own fate.
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