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news being free how alexis de tocqueville for moscow was the story as to how it would have made a difference i mean the most impactful thing they did was to show that the democratic party was trying to rig their own primary against bernie sanders an election if it did it was minimal as frank luntz said did they have to re clinton schedule intel or not to campaign in wisconsin i mean the race was won on the ground in the states in the upper midwest had very little to do act doesn't mean they weren't trying to have some kind of on the left especially and well in that in the overall republicans who disagree with mr trump. a lot of the republicans are just frightened of their own shadows and i think one of the reasons he clarified his remarks if you look at the clarification it's not and he just said the word clarification so that they would calm down but i think a lot of the republicans who were lighting themselves on fire over the past few days over this are the same republicans who panicked when the x. factor them on issues that i think nothing do you make of those well you know i think in a

american affairs and best selling author his last book was the author of being free how alexis de tocqueville can save us from ourselves they both joined us in studio what was the story. of what is one day is different from the next what do you make of this i think they are interfering i don't think it made much of a difference in twenty sixteen or do you know because there's no explanation as to how it would have made a difference i mean the most impactful thing they did was to show that the democratic party was trying to rig their own primary against bernie sanders i don't know if that in effect in the general election if it did it was minimal as frank luntz said did they have hillary clinton scheduling tell him not to campaign in wisconsin i mean the race was won on the ground in the states in the upper midwest had very little to do with anything the russians said and so why did our intelligence communities keep saying they did. it doesn't mean they didn't i mean the fact that it had no impact or very little impact doesn't mean they weren't trying to have some kind of impact and i think th

american affairs and bestselling author his last book was the author of being free how alexis de tocqueville can save us from ourselves.

tocqueville actually predicted this, ironically. he said you will start to, you know, essentially focus so much on the president -- i think he call it the presence pleasures -- that you block out what's obviously coming over the horizon which is a despot that does not look like a despot and overruns you. and suddenly what you've enjoyed so much isn't there anymore x you don't know how you got there. in that conclusion it's 50/50. i don't want to stop and just be negative because i'm the guy who's a terrorism analyst, so i'm always focused on the negative. there is positive out there, and it really comes down to us. glng thanks. ms. . [applause] >> you didn't give us which one you think is going to happen. a little bit more green sheet, what are you optimistic about? >> there is, sitting in between. >> what let me do the might test real quick. that was one of the funniest videos i've seen. here's what i'm optimistic about and i am optimistic in some ways. the physical activism, i feel like friends that were angry at me during the ele

for american affairs and bestselling author his last book was the art of being free how alexis de tocqueville can save us from ourselves they both joined us in studio oh it was a story. out of what is one day is that one from the next what do you make of this i think they are interfering i don't think it made much of a difference in twenty sixteen. because there's no explanation as to how it would have made a difference i mean the most impactful thing they did was to show that the democratic party was trying to rig their own primary against bernie sanders i don't know if that effect in the general election if it did it was minimal as frank luntz said did they have hillary clinton scheduling tell him not to campaign in wisconsin i mean the race was won on the ground in the states in the upper midwest had very little to do with anything the russians said and so why did our intelligence communities keep saying they did. it doesn't mean they didn't i mean the fact that it had no impact or very little impact doesn't mean they weren't trying to have some kind of impact and i think they've had a big

your text in your book you grasp what is going on at the time in 1830 also the time when alexis to tocqueville comes to the country and it is interesting to hear what he has to say about racial dynamics at that period of time and also which you and i talked about before in the 1820s we have met turner's rebellion so there is a great deal of anxiety about issues of race so then we jumped to the latter part of the century we have similar things that are occurring then and it is a rebirth of the story of the lost colony story and images of virginia dare. so tell us what is going on in the late 19th century or 1906 a lot was happening right here in nashville but a lot was going on nationally as well with the atlanta race riots that occur and that will harass murderers that was racially charged as well so what is going on? >> what i found was that innocent you track the american fears and anxieties around race and immigrations when the 1830s we talk about what is going on then and then the next. began in the 1890s with reconstruction is over the jim crow south is firmly set in place and immigrants

the widespread literacy in the deted states that tocqueville comments on. you have a very broad reading public in the united states to create market for magazines and novels. so what we are going to see is that these magazines are going to reflect this cultural conflict over the spread of gentility. so on one hand, we see literature that not only reflects genteel values but actually is used to spread and cultivate genteel values. the perfect example of this is godey's ladies' book. godey's ladies' book. this is the quintessential refined magazine, the most widely read magazine in the united states. its editor -- even though i have to pause there, because she did not call herself an editor. she said she was the "editress." she used the gender form of editor. godey'she editress of ladies' book, was sarah josepha buell hale. has anyone heard of this woman before today? this is how they fades. -- how fame fades. this is the woman that is responsible not only for thanksgiving, because she used her influence to call for a national thanksgiving, but she also wrote

or as de tocqueville would say, the tyranny of the majority. we talked about social capital, he would say there's nothing worse than being on the outside of the majority in america, nothing more paralyzing and suppressive. the same thing happens in your digital word.i've seen this happen firsthand. nfl. take a knee, don't take a need. either you opt out or you sit back. i don't want to stand in line for trial. you get into these debates which in reality aren't even there. so with that, the preference bubble has two parts. it's one part of the rhythm and it's one part you.you are picking your reality and i always tell people, they say when will machines take us over? no, you will volunteer to go in the matrix. you will choose it. if it gets above 72 or 62, they start changing their environment. the same thing happens in social media. blah, blah, i like this, everybody else like this, i don't like this, i'm going to stay right here.you're seeing three dynamic changes today. click bake populism, promotion of popular content and the personas that v