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American politician and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan delivers a speech, United States, circa 1980.
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On this episode of American Status, Kevin Schultz, chair of the Division of Historical past on the College of Illinois-Chicago, returns to this system to proceed the dialogue of his new guide, Why Everybody Hates White Liberals (Together with White Liberals): A Historical past. On this second a part of the dialogue, we get into the origins and energy of the “radical stylish” and “limousine liberal” criticisms, the idea of “optimistic polarization” as championed by figures like Spiro Agnew, the perceived abandonment of the white working class by the Democratic Celebration, the position of Nixon on this political shift, the affect of Phyllis Schlafly and George Wallace, George McGovern and the “acid, amnesty, and abortion” label, Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s try and redefine liberalism, the transition of some Chilly Conflict liberals to neoconservatism, the Democratic Celebration’s embrace of neoliberalism and the rise of “Atari Democrats,” the cultural phenomenon of “proudly owning the libs,” the affiliation of the skilled managerial class with up to date liberalism, and potential new political vocabularies past the “liberal” label, and extra.
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Daniel Bessner
Daniel Bessner is an historian of US international relations, and cohost of American Status, a podcast on worldwide affairs.
Derek Davison
Derek Davison is a author and analyst specializing in worldwide affairs and US international coverage. He’s the writer of the International Exchanges publication, cohost of the American Status podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.
