Season 1 · Episode 8
#8 Heather Cox Richardson: Rewriting the Politics of the American Dream
What Could Possibly Go Right? · Vicki Robin
July 9, 202022m 12s
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Show Notes
Heather Cox Richardson addresses the question of What Could Possibly Go Right? with a political focus. Her insights include:
- That the current condition is waking people up from autopilot and creating the realization they need to pursue change personally to create the society in which they want to live.
- A reminder that the beauty of a democratic system is getting to choose which direction to go.
- That the desire for equality of opportunity and access should no longer be pushed to the narrative of special interest in politics.
- The potential to innovate and create change through crowdsourcing government and society.
- That the American dream needs to be rewritten and move away from the heteronormative nuclear family as its centerpiece, to a more community-centered and diverse view.