Shoma Chaudhury's video: Political scientist Jacob Hacker on the economic reasons for US toxic culture wars I Shoma Chaudhury

America’s fierce abortion debate is just a symptom. The real question is: Why is America caught in such a toxic divide? Why are hard-won battles being revisited? Why is American democracy turning its back on civil rights? And what lessons does this hold for other free nations? Political scientist & Yale professor, JACOB S HACKER — who, along with co-author Paul Pierson, have been called the “Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson” of American politics — offers fascinating insights on why & how economic divides are exploding into culture wars, why progressives are on a back foot, and why the world’s richest plutocrats are getting to channel working class rage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 2:17 Run-up to the toxic cultural divide in the USA 5:36 Cultural divide enabled by electoral structures 9:00 Explaining plutocratic populism 13:55 Irony of the Republican strategy 16:49 Changes within the Republican party & Lee Atwater 23:51 How Trump positioned himself against the Democrats 28:33 Why Democrats can't speak to working-class resentments 36:04 Negotiating majoritarianism and minority rights activism 41:01 Crises in democracies across the world 44:43 Secularisation, Technology and Creating Space 52:03 Hacker's optimism about bridging the divide 55:22 Recapturing the positive conception of social collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . With Shoma Chaudhury (Please like & press the subscribe button on https://bit.ly/34MNcEb ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnquiryWithShoma Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enquirywithshoma/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enquiry.shomachaudhury/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShomaChaudhury