Political theorist Robert Talisse joins Utterly Moderate to discuss the increasing polarization in America, where liberals and conservatives inhabit vastly different social realities, shaped by their political affiliations. From neighborhoods and consumer choices to language and even dietary preferences, the 'red' and 'blue' divide extends far beyond political stances.
America is separating into two nations with two different experiences of reality itself: Red America and Blue America.
As Robert Talisse, Vanderbilt University political theorist and today’s Utterly Moderate podcast guest, writes: “ur everyday social environments are increasingly segregated along partisan lines. It is no exaggeration to say that in the United States today, opposing partisans live in different social worlds. For example, liberals and conservatives live in different kinds of neighborhoods, shop at different stores, purchase different products, drive different vehicles, express different aesthetic preferences, work in different occupations, and form different kinds of family groups. They eat different foods.
Utterly Moderate host Lawrence Eppard has written about similar phenomena: the increasingly distinct epistemologies of left and right. On this episode of Utterly Moderate, Eppard and Talisse discuss the troubling state of polarization in America today, and how each of us might better ourselves in order to better our democracy. Enjoy! Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!
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