States. Benjamin i noticed that there may have been a flurry of books on socialism. This is price because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our countrys history. There have been socialist candidates in the past predict Norman Thomas but they were never in the mainstream for now, infected a time when many of the socialisms had collapsed at the end of the 20th century suddenly its back in his back with a vengeance. So my surprise theres a lot of books that try to take stock of it. By and large its going to be the history, the idea the socialism has never worked before. Certainly not for lack of being tried it was tried and really the majority of the world. The largest countries in the world, russia, china, india. Oh one go into the socialist direction. So is that it didnt work before so its not going to work now. History kind of argument. But the problem with that argument is the socialist left result a lot of people dont know the history so it doesnt
Lot of these books have been published about socialism in response to what has changed over the last five years and they all have a little bit of a different take on it and emphasize different points so my obvious question is, why the United States and socialism and why did you write this book . Guest i noticed that there have been a flurry of books on socialism and that is a surprise because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our countrys history and there have been socialist candidates in the past, eugene debs, Norman Thomas but they were never in the mainstream and but now in fact at a time when many of us thought socialism had collapsed at the end of the 20th century, suddenly in the 21st century it is back and back with a vengeance. I am not surprised that there are books that try to take stock of this. The unifying theme throughout these books and i think by and large it will be history, its the idea that socialism has never worked before and ce
For the first time in our countrys history. I have been socialistic candidates in the past predict norman thomas. But they were never in the mainstream. But now, at a time when many of us thought that socialism had collapsed at the end of the 20th century. It is suddenly it is back. In his back with a vengeance. So a lot of books to take profits of this pretty so i think with these books and by and large, is it a pillow history the idea socialism has never worked before and certainly not for lack of being tried. He was tried really the majority of the world. Largest countries in the world russia and china india. Default one in a socialist direction. Dinesh dsouza so the issue is that the socialism did not were before so i wont work now. The verdict of history kind of hard use it for the problem with the argument is that the socialist, for small a lot of people dont know that history. So doesnt really get them. In the second part of it is even those who do, safe listen, work trying a ne
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the us is post slavery, post segregation, but definitely not post racism. my guest is ibram x kendi, an influential writer and academic who argues the only way to not be racist is to be actively anti racist a message he says children must hear. is his approach bound to intensify america s internal conflict? ibram x kendi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. it s a pleasure to have you here. your focus right now seems to be on children, and your contention that children, very young children even, should be told about racism, even if it s not a daily reality that they are actually living with. why? because unfortunately, studies are showing that it is a daily reality that they re living with. one study found that kids as early as three years old have what one scholar called an adult like concept of race . they re already attaching skin colour to behaviours like who s smart, who s clean, and even who s honest. and so, if we re not teaching children to not connect