57 - Political Spectrums (with Elle Riccardi)

As the myriad of Democratic presidential candidates with tons of ideas are hitting the debate circuit, Elle Riccardi from the podcast Short, Colorful + Loud joins Jaye to discuss political spectrums. What are the building blocks of political spectrums? Where did "left" and "right" come from? Are communism and fascism all that close to each other? Elle and Jaye discuss various kinds of political spectrums, including left-right, horseshoe theory, the political compass (including how they tested on it!) and more. They also discuss centrism, anarchy, and how the Overton Window can affect how we view what is "normal" in political discourse.

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Source Links:

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/03/27/the-end-of-the-new-deal-era-and-the-coming-realignment/ https://www.politicalcompass.org/ http://factmyth.com/the-left-right-political-spectrum-explained/ https://psmag.com/social-justice/an-end-to-horseshoe-theory https://www.npr.org/2017/01/09/509001314/jeff-sessions-previously-denied-federal-judgeship-amid-racism-controversy https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160218/http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/1751/2/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-left-right-political-spectrum-is-bogus/373139/ https://www.mackinac.org/7504 https://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/overton-window-democrats.html https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/25/overton-window-explained-definition-meaning-217010

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