I was fortunate enough to take a grad school class with Heather before she moved on to Boston College. She's absolutely authentic, just as you see her in videos and interviews. Generous with her time and advice, compassionate, super down-to-earth, and no-nonsense. It's been crazy watching her influence grow. She deserves all the success in the world, and I'm thrilled that so many people now can learn from her. If you haven't already, check out her writing on Substack.
Thanks Carnegie for this stimulating interview. I believe this is a woman who truly has found her vocation in life and how lucky we are to be able to listen to her and benefit from her vast knowledge of history, her gift for storytelling, and her amazing ability to hand this information over to all of us so we can understand it. She presents with such authority and calm which offers all of us hope during this most disturbing environment. Very refreshing!!
An extraordinary insightful exchange of current concerns, reflections😮 of our history in times of great challenges, and a real belief in the resilience of “we the people” to come together for the future of our country (as we have done in the past). Hope😊
Speaking as a disabled person who has lived in poverty on assistance for over a decade, i respectfully disagree that people are mostly good. I have experienced countless people perfectly willing to let the vulnerable suffer to retain their own luxuries.
Thank you for featuring Dr. Richardson. She has done more to save my sanity than any other commentator on current events in the past few years. She is a National treasure.
@CHARLES CAPUTO because generally when one is older and well off or has power one is far more willing to concede and acquiesce to retain that wealth and power, even at the expense of others. Particularly when one has "worked a lifetime" to achieve what they have without an iota of concern for anyone else.
Dr. C-R has much to teach us all and this video reveals some. The interviewer has much to say that does not interest me. I encourage interviewers to explore the ideas of their guests.
Aaron, I'm just a little bit older than you. Around the 30-minute mark you say that 1968 is about the worst year in American history. Really??? With all you mentioned, I was in the military at that time. We lost far fewer men that year than any year of the Civil War. You don't think any year of the Great Depression was worst? 1968 was a pretty good year for economic performance, in a decade of outstanding economic performance. During a time when income inequality was at its narrowest gap. When unemployment was pretty low. We lost two pretty good national leaders. Our political environment might have been different for the future. But do most folks get rapped up in national politics to the extent you would make it with their daily lives on the line? -- And while I was in the military my two parents (my father a WWII vet) participated in Vietnam War protest marches. I do think 1968 is a pretty important year in our history; but no where near the worst year in American history. By 1969 we would have our Moon Shot, something unthinkable earlier in the decade when JFK announced it. So, what have you done lately?
@@bruggeman672 Almost none; I was in school at the beginning of the decade and in the military at the end of the decade. My professional career started in the next decade. But I did move to Southern California in the late '70s and met quite a few folks who were part of that effort the prior decade -- it was a very busy time for them. [Much of my professional career -- 15 of the 25 years -- was spent in some aspect of R&D.]
@@bruggeman672 We had a very productive decade in the '60s. It is the culmination of the Liberal agenda, coming out of the New Deal progessivism. The revolt of the "New Left" in the early '60s was against who?...the political Right/Conservatives, or the "Old Left" the New Dealers? The Right Wing of our political spectrum is a reaction to the liberalism of the '60s. The Lewis Powell memo of 1971 and the Trilateral Commission Report (section by Samuel Huntington on the U.S.A.) 'The Crisis of Democracy' of 1973 are still in play today. What do they see as the problem during the '60s?...too much democracy. Who did they identify as the problem?: the "Elites", academia, the media, Hollywood, etc. Their rhetoric has not changed; it is a political culture war. The Boomer Generation dropped the baton of progress handed to them by the Greatest Generation. With all the critique of the '50s from the New Left, it was a very tolerant generation, a very productive generation both ecnomically and intellectually cultural, and we have stagnated since -- still in a rut. We lost the link between political progress and a vibrant economy (promoting growth, broad-based growth) that the Greatest Generation advanced, and is needed to keep our democratic tradition in tact and spread that internationally.
@@U47ik8jKT absolutely that all sounds great but unless we collectivize and cooperate it will continue. What i am saying is being informed is necessary of course but if all one does is study one isn't acting, one isn't changing anything. And the corruption continues. While I can't argue that the baby boomer generation dropped the ball, all i see from those following is a lot of finger pointing and blame but little effort to change things. And it even seems many are ok with the bullshit on the slim chance they will become wealthy, so they can likewise shit on their fellow humans. Many are great at laying blame but poor at leading by example, and it really seems like we will miss yet another opportunity for real change because everyone is waiting for someone else to do all the work. Selfishness and hyper-individualism are ruining the world, ruining civilization itself.
Interesting that our interviewer says ‘the history behind the politics because as I’ve read Letters From An American over the past year, I have enjoyed learning the politics behind the history just as much.
@@hazelwray4184 Heather Cox Richardson is an authoritarian herself. Her understanding of slavery is just wrong. She is a Marxist. Her idea of ownership is wrong and sophomoric.
bingo... i am actually an independent but everything they accuse the republicans of... the democrats are actually doing in real time... they are the authoritarians, racists, fascists, oligarchs, propagandists, etc. always have been, always will be. its transparent as saran wrap and anybody left that does not see through this bs is nothing short of gaslit
I was fortunate enough to take a grad school class with Heather before she moved on to Boston College. She's absolutely authentic, just as you see her in videos and interviews. Generous with her time and advice, compassionate, super down-to-earth, and no-nonsense. It's been crazy watching her influence grow. She deserves all the success in the world, and I'm thrilled that so many people now can learn from her. If you haven't already, check out her writing on Substack.
Thanks Carnegie for this stimulating interview. I believe this is a woman who truly has found her vocation in life and how lucky we are to be able to listen to her and benefit from her vast knowledge of history, her gift for storytelling, and her amazing ability to hand this information over to all of us so we can understand it. She presents with such authority and calm which offers all of us hope during this most disturbing environment.
Very refreshing!!
An extraordinary insightful exchange of current concerns, reflections😮 of our history in times of great challenges, and a real belief in the resilience of “we the people” to come together for the future of our country (as we have done in the past). Hope😊
Speaking as a disabled person who has lived in poverty on assistance for over a decade, i respectfully disagree that people are mostly good. I have experienced countless people perfectly willing to let the vulnerable suffer to retain their own luxuries.
Thank you for featuring Dr. Richardson. She has done more to save my sanity than any other commentator on current events in the past few years. She is a National treasure.
Why are they putting down older people who have the experience to lead and understand the present? hey hey! lets put a teenager in charge!
@CHARLES CAPUTO because generally when one is older and well off or has power one is far more willing to concede and acquiesce to retain that wealth and power, even at the expense of others. Particularly when one has "worked a lifetime" to achieve what they have without an iota of concern for anyone else.
One of the best historians I have ever heard.
Thank you!!
Dr. C-R has much to teach us all and this video reveals some. The interviewer has much to say that does not interest me. I encourage interviewers to explore the ideas of their guests.
Aaron, I'm just a little bit older than you. Around the 30-minute mark you say that 1968 is about the worst year in American history. Really???
With all you mentioned, I was in the military at that time. We lost far fewer men that year than any year of the Civil War. You don't think any year of the Great Depression was worst? 1968 was a pretty good year for economic performance, in a decade of outstanding economic performance. During a time when income inequality was at its narrowest gap. When unemployment was pretty low.
We lost two pretty good national leaders. Our political environment might have been different for the future. But do most folks get rapped up in national politics to the extent you would make it with their daily lives on the line? -- And while I was in the military my two parents (my father a WWII vet) participated in Vietnam War protest marches.
I do think 1968 is a pretty important year in our history; but no where near the worst year in American history. By 1969 we would have our Moon Shot, something unthinkable earlier in the decade when JFK announced it. So, what have you done lately?
@Vic Volpe so what part did you play in the moon landing?
@@bruggeman672 Almost none; I was in school at the beginning of the decade and in the military at the end of the decade. My professional career started in the next decade. But I did move to Southern California in the late '70s and met quite a few folks who were part of that effort the prior decade -- it was a very busy time for them. [Much of my professional career -- 15 of the 25 years -- was spent in some aspect of R&D.]
@@U47ik8jKT ah i see. So why the hostility evident in that last facetious question?
@@bruggeman672 We had a very productive decade in the '60s. It is the culmination of the Liberal agenda, coming out of the New Deal progessivism. The revolt of the "New Left" in the early '60s was against who?...the political Right/Conservatives, or the "Old Left" the New Dealers?
The Right Wing of our political spectrum is a reaction to the liberalism of the '60s. The Lewis Powell memo of 1971 and the Trilateral Commission Report (section by Samuel Huntington on the U.S.A.) 'The Crisis of Democracy' of 1973 are still in play today. What do they see as the problem during the '60s?...too much democracy. Who did they identify as the problem?: the "Elites", academia, the media, Hollywood, etc. Their rhetoric has not changed; it is a political culture war.
The Boomer Generation dropped the baton of progress handed to them by the Greatest Generation. With all the critique of the '50s from the New Left, it was a very tolerant generation, a very productive generation both ecnomically and intellectually cultural, and we have stagnated since -- still in a rut. We lost the link between political progress and a vibrant economy (promoting growth, broad-based growth) that the Greatest Generation advanced, and is needed to keep our democratic tradition in tact and spread that internationally.
@@U47ik8jKT absolutely that all sounds great but unless we collectivize and cooperate it will continue. What i am saying is being informed is necessary of course but if all one does is study one isn't acting, one isn't changing anything. And the corruption continues. While I can't argue that the baby boomer generation dropped the ball, all i see from those following is a lot of finger pointing and blame but little effort to change things. And it even seems many are ok with the bullshit on the slim chance they will become wealthy, so they can likewise shit on their fellow humans. Many are great at laying blame but poor at leading by example, and it really seems like we will miss yet another opportunity for real change because everyone is waiting for someone else to do all the work. Selfishness and hyper-individualism are ruining the world, ruining civilization itself.
As always, HCR is grounding in her logic and overall grasp of history
The interviewer talks too much and goes off on tangents. We are here to listen to what HCR has to say.
Thank you for this! Wonderful discussion.
Interesting that our interviewer says ‘the history behind the politics because as I’ve read Letters From An American over the past year, I have enjoyed learning the politics behind the history just as much.
Dude!!! Go retire
disgraceful. this is dishonest.
What in particular?
@@hazelwray4184 Heather Cox Richardson is an authoritarian herself. Her understanding of slavery is just wrong. She is a Marxist. Her idea of ownership is wrong and sophomoric.
Why even make a claim if you don’t give your reasoning?
bingo... i am actually an independent but everything they accuse the republicans of... the democrats are actually doing in real time... they are the authoritarians, racists, fascists, oligarchs, propagandists, etc. always have been, always will be. its transparent as saran wrap and anybody left that does not see through this bs is nothing short of gaslit