The End of the End of History (feat. Luke Savage)

Josiah is joined by Luke Savage (@LukewSavage, Michael & Us, Jacobin) to reflect on the last fifteen years of U.S. electoral politics in light of the current election year: the failures of the Obama administration, the hyperpolitics of the Trump administration, and the attempted 'return to normalcy' of Biden's first term.

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References

• The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History by Luke Savage
• Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality by Ed Broadbent, Jonathan Sas, Frances Abele, and Luke Savage.
• Leave the World Behind (2023), directed by Sam Esmail.
• "Everything is Hyperpolitical," Anton Jäger in The Point, https://thepointmag.com/politics/everything-is-hyperpolitical.
• Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Reshaped the World by Will Sommers
• "The Biden Era's Defining Characteristic: Anti-Politics," Luke Savage in Jacobin, https://jacobin.com/2023/09/biden-administration-anti-politics-trump-books-media-coverage. This is the article discussing political book sales and online news engagement during the Trump admin vs. the Biden admin that Luke references.
• The Day One Agenda, The American Prospect, https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda.
• "Why Liberals Pretend They Have No Power," Luke Savage in The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/why-liberals-feign-powerlessness/616644.
• Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation by Alexei Yurchak
• "The Ultimate Election Year: All the Elections Around the World in 2024," Koh Ewe in Time, https://time.com/6550920/world-elections-2024.

Music

• Yesterday – bloom.
• In My Dreams – bloom.

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A series of conversations about history, politics, faith, media, and the internet hosted by Josiah Sutton. Aiming for at least two interviews and one bookclub episode per month. Artwork by Kipp Paulsen. More content can be found on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11922141