Robert Kagan on ‘anti-liberal rebellion,’ U.S. democracy and 2024 stakes

Robert Kagan, historian and editor at large at The Washington Post, has sounded the alarm about the fissures in American democracy and what he calls an “anti-liberal rebellion.” Kagan joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss the stakes for the 2024 election, historical parallels to this moment in American politics and his new book, “Rebellion.”
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[@garyepstein8764]

I was never able to understand what the right-wingers meant about the word "woke." Now I believe that "woke" is just another word for "liberal."

[@323744jc]

Pure Genius

[@brendatenorio5721]

Good that WP brought Kagan on.

[@doniphandiatribes]

Brilliant.

[@user-oc6dh2yp2w]

Just a reminder that in Texas v. White (1869), the Supreme Court ruled unilateral secession of states unconstitutional, while commenting that revolution or consent of the states could lead to a successful secession.

[@briankgruber]

My God WP. A proud institution. And you can’t surmise the difference between Kagan’s discussion of anti liberalism - the founding liberal principles of freedom and universal individual rights - and anti liberal which implies resistance to current leftist politics. Shame on you. I despised Kagan’s neocon advocacy but he is an important advocate for liberal democracy.

[@philipcollier7805]

17:07 "We are approaching some kind of civil conflict..."

[@jimmykelly5320]

Thank you for this discussion. We have to get Americans to see voting as critical to their lives. Not much time left to avert disaster.

[@TimEngbergSongs]

Why so surprising

[@richardcarroll2090]

Because no one seems to care, that’s what so surprising

[@NukeDoggyDog]

A more accurate description is White Centrality. It's cultural more than racial.

[@mattklein1022]

all thanks to the demonrats

[@brendatenorio5721]

Stay in this decade WP, only have 30 minutes. Don't like Catholics?