Will Liberal Democracy Survive? - with Jonah Goldberg

Why have the classical liberal ideas that helped emancipate the Jews become so vulnerable?

Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch to ask why classical liberalism, which is the political tradition that embraces equality, individual rights and restraints on government, has become so vulnerable. They discuss how the terms liberal, progressive and socialist got confused, and why they think the DSA agenda will fail. Goldberg also explains the economic and cultural forces he sees fueling populism on the left and right, whether America’s liberal tradition is strong enough to withstand them, and what its erosion could mean for Jews.

Suicide of the West by Jonah Goldberg

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Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Z Muller

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In this episode:

- What is classical liberalism?

- How liberalism paved the way for Jewish emancipation starting in the 17th century

- How the terms socialism, capitalism, free market, liberal and progressive got jumbled

- Why young Americans are rejecting liberalism and the status quo

- How economic and technological change fuel discontent and dislocation

- What pop culture reveals about the rise of populism

- Can classical liberalism make a comeback?

- Could the proposals of Mamdani and the DSA actually damage American cities?

- Why Jews are caught between the illiberal left and right

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