CULTURE | Political Polarization & the Future of the United States of America

In this episode, Abigail Favale hosts David French in a discussion on the political climate in the USA and where it's headed. The two explore the psyche of the average American voter and French shares his tips for choosing which candidates to support. They also touch on abortion and the Christian's response--politically and otherwise.

David French is senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s also a columnist for Time. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore, and more recently Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation, among others.

The Dispatch: https://thedispatch.com/
Find Divided We Fall here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250201973/dividedwefall
Follow David French on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench

Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
1:07 - Divided we fall
2:12 - Union of a country
5:23 - January 6th, Alternative possibilities
9:10 - Civil war
10:28 - The divorce metaphor
12:38 - Principles of equality
14:22 - Power vacuum
16:08 - Human dignity
18:04 - Classical liberalism
19:46 - Extreme left and right
22:00 - Vast majority of polarization
26:28 - Political views
28:29 - Which party is for me?
30:45 - The Dispatch
33:52 - Political journey
36:51 - Classical liberalism
38:25 - Two part test
41:23 - What do we do?
46:06 - Contrary facts
48:51 - Cleansing
51:34 - Analysis of abortion
55:14 - Two reasons
57:51 - Structural/polarization
1:01:24 - First pro-life activism
1:07:23 - Outro

Professor Abigail Favale completed her doctorate at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she was a recipient of the competitive Overseas Research Award. In 2011, her dissertation was granted the Samuel Rutherford Prize for the most distinguished thesis in English literature.
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