Erik sits down with writer and political scientist Richard Hanania. Richard has a new book titled The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics. This extended discussion encompasses Richard’s intellectual education and views on how the world works, including affirmative action, the dynamic divide between conservatives and liberals, government overreach, geopolitics, and intellectual contemporaries worth reading.
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LINKS:
- Richard’s new book: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Woke-Corporate-Identity-Politics-ebook/dp/B0BHWMJWW3
- Richard Hanania’s Substack: https://www.richardhanania.com/
TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode preview
(05:40) Richard on Vivek
(07:20) Diversity and corporate interest
(12:10) Wokeness is subsidized by government
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(18:00) Wokeness as a paper tiger
(22:00) Liberal media and Conservative media
(31:00) What should the Republican strategy be?
(40:00) What is a positive vision rooted in conservative values?
(48:00) What are the winning issues for conservatives?
(51:00) Crime
(01:10:00) Blank Slatism, Charles Murray, and the EA movement
(01:14:00) Richard’s geopolitical worldview
(01:25:00 Physiognomy of Conservatives and Liberals
(01:28:00) Why are we polarized?
(01:33:00) Dynamic divide between liberals and conservatives
(01:34:00) Richard on Elon
(01:40:00) Feminism
(02:00:00) Richard on other contemporary intellectuals, including Tyler Cowen, Robin Hanson, Scott Alexander, and more
TWITTER:
Richard: @RichardHanania
Erik: @ErikTorenberg
Upstream : @upstream__pod