Has the Political Establishment Failed America?

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Has the political establishment failed America? Whether they voted for Trump or Sanders or none of the above, millions of Americans say the answer is yes - and that the system benefits the elites at the expense of everyone else. Others say that despite its flaws, the political establishment has been a force for unparalleled stability, prosperity and equality - and that it is now the only thing standing between America and the abyss. Is it time for the old guard to come to the rescue or to make way for a new political reality?
Arguing in favour of the motion were Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University and William Howell of UChicago.
Arguing against the motion were Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post and Eric Oliver of UChicago.

[@scott5358]

the press and media has failed America

[@chrisrhodes2]

Has the political establishment failed America or have the American people failed America? That would be some debate there.

[@paxdriver]

Thanks guys, looking forward to this one

[@ASkepticalHumanOnYouTube]

Is the fucking sky blue?

[@ASkepticalHumanOnYouTube]

Why is the substitute third-grade teacher moderating in place of Jon Donvan?

[@mosipd]

Why do you think?

[@paxdriver]

From minute 7 to 14... 1 loooong ass muthafuckin run around sentence lol!

[@artexjay]

and nothing was said the entire time.

[@ErnieLG]

Too broad of a question.

[@dejayrezme8617]

Fervent rant of a preacher vs. the emotional manipulation of the followup... "oh poor me so hard to follow this act, my wife even made fun of me"... This is unwatchable! "Adjustment bureau"? Hahahaha oh my... Why invite these kind of speakers to something called intelligence squared?

[@drewd2]

This entire debate was so incoherent that it's no surprise people didn't switch sides.

[@artexjay]

When Eric Dyson is involved you can be assured that the debate will be incoherent. The guy wants to try to rap in everything he does including while he preaches.

[@ericpalmer3588]

Dyson always goes after low hanging fruit. He goes for the easy virtue signaling... But he rarely identifies clear specific problems or offers solutions for them. I think mainly he’s just offering a world view that allows an emotional release and a way to blame all of life’s tough circumstances on something external. There is external oppression, this is true. But this ideology doesn’t help people succeed or move towards something better.

[@michaelrandall7667]

I can't believe the lady introduced him as one of the US's most cherished intellectuals. That's so embarrassing as an American. MLK Jr would have called him out as the fraud he is. I'm not a Trump fan but this debate could have been much more interesting and beneficial had Trump not been a topic. It's lazy and disappointing.

[@chichichichilling4822]

Classic Dyson. I don't think he's ever been part of a good debate or discussion. No idea how he kepps getting called to speak publicly in these types of settings.

[@TheLivirus]

18:00 He suggests that believing the establishment has failed America is to endorse Donald Trump's thinking, which he previously called an infantile factious bigot. Smooth.

[@Lurch685]

Where is John Donvan??

[@txwaterbird6115]

bunch of closed minded, misguided fools

[@zuutlmna]

Failed big time!!! More than anything, it's become parasitic. Does a parasite fail its host? The situation even shares some of that immunity benefit that occurs with some advanced stage parasitic infestation.

[@mervinwchin]

Jesus, what a waste of time, poorly moderated, poorly defined structure and context of debate, and no intelligent counterpoints to each other arguments. It's as if they got together and said, "Hey, we have this one reasoning and we'll say it over and over again, rebuttals be damned!"

[@TheLivirus]

22:40 "...to fight the cheap rhetoric of _demigods_ and prop ... *_demagogs_* and propagandists." LOL

[@zimikkachui5766]

Das Beyonce's disciple

[@Arcticstar69]

You must act and fullfil the declaration of independence. Fight tyranny NOW!

[@HChartierKJV]

I was never a Sperm, human life begins at conception.

[@twstdelf]

I think Michael Eric Dyson has watched too many CEDA "debates" -_-

[@roybrowne1974]

t00 heavy for you?

[@artexjay]

@@roybrowne1974 2 dumb 4 meh

[@logicshouldprevail5646]

Howell was the only one making much sense at all. Ughhh

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

And unfortunately his delivery is dry and boring.