Live from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas: Is contempt corroding democracy?

The Minefield
06/10/2022 1h 0min
Live from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas: Is contempt corroding democracy?

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Because of the pervasiveness of contempt, we no longer see those with whom we radically disagree as members of a common moral community, and therefore as participants in a shared political project.

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