The Good Fight Club: The Vibe Shift That Wasn’t, White Identity Politics, and “When They Go Low, We Go Low&#

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's impact on American culture, the rise of white identity politics, and the cycles of political revenge.

Amanda Ripley, Jesse Singal, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Yascha Mounk explore Trump’s failed cultural revolution. In this week’s episode of The Good Fight Club, Yascha Mounk, Amanda Ripley, Jesse Singal, and Thomas Chatterton Williams explore whether Trump has succeeded in remaking American culture in his image, the rise of white identity politics and its psychological drivers, and how America might break free from cycles of political revenge and backlash. Amanda Ripley is the founder of Good Conflict. Her latest book is High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. Jesse Singal is the co-host of Blocked and Reported and the author of The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills. Thomas Chatterton Williams is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His latest book is Summer of Our Discontent. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following ⁠this link on your phone⁠. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple⁠ | ⁠Google⁠ X: ⁠@Yascha_Mounk⁠ &amp…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amanda Ripley, Jesse Singal, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Yascha Mounk

Topics covered

• Trump's cultural revolution
• white identity politics
• political revenge
• American culture
• psychological drivers

Keywords

• Trump
• cultural revolution
• identity politics
• political backlash
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Good Conflict, The Atlantic, Persuasion Community

Books & works: High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can’t Cure Our Social Ills, Summer of Our Discontent

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