America at 250: Case for the Defense
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Kathryn Anne Edwards argues for optimism in the face of significant demographic and cultural changes in the U.S.
It’s the United States’ semiquincentennial … and one of us is not feeling it. The other is literally carrying a flag in her bag — and that’s just her road flag. Kathryn Anne Edwards makes her case for optimism right now: The U.S. is undergoing one of the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts of any industrialized nation. Americans agree that Congress is broken. And the people's agenda on wages, childcare, money in politics, and Social Security polls above 80%. Maybe this isn’t a backslide. It's just what clearing the air looks like. Chapters : 00:01:21 Announcements 00:04:10 Retcon: More on the national anthem 00:06:36 Terms & Conditions: Origin of "the melting pot" 00:08:01 Big Pilcrow: Make Robin Optimistic about America 00:48:17 Executive Orders: End gerrymandering; mandatory hearings on supermajority issues 00:50:03 Spiritual Sponsors: Knicks celebrations; bourbon in Louisville Donate to Optimist Economy: https://optimisteconomy.com Video-curious? Watch the Optimist Economy YouTube channel . We’re also on Facebook somewhere (search for it), on Instagram at @optimist_economy or TikTok at @optimist_economy . Chat with other Optimists on Substack. Find…
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Host: Kathryn Anne Edwards
Guest: Robin Rauzi
Topics covered
- U.S. semiquincentennial
- demographic shifts
- cultural shifts
- Congress
- people's agenda
- optimism
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