Is There Any Hope for the Democratic Party? with Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg

The hosts of Brain Trust Live join The Radical Secular team for a spirited panel discussion about recent Democratic losses.

(00:00) Intro and T-shirts.

(09:21) How do we keep losing to these clowns??? Are we doomed to lose the House in 2022, and to the GOP installing Trump or a Trump clone in 2024, regardless of how the American people vote? The role of the culture war.

(26:37) Media post-mortems. Almost everyone got it wrong. What's the real culprit for the Virginia loss--and potential solutions?

(37:57) How do we balance long-term, the legitimate desire of parents to control the education of their children, with society's interest in maintaining civil rights, equality, and a common baseline for education?

(52:55) How do we push back against the claims of "woke-ism" and "cancel culture" when people hiding behind them are guilty of heinous acts?

(01:00:15) The importance of campaign finance reform. A selfish defense of socialism. The US oligarchy.

(01:03:59) Brent and Lila propose a course of action for Biden and Congressional leadership. Examples of Democratic policy and messaging failures.

(01:14:36) Rehabilitating the concept of social well-being as a political goal. Especially concerning policies that enjoy broad support, even in heavily red communities. If we want people to care about "saving democracy" what are we saving it for?

(01:27:12) Wrapup and Outro

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Show notes:

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