Post by addisona on Nov 23, 2022 12:22:09 GMT
Jon Stewart Asks: Have America’s Actions Led to an ‘Unstable’ World and ‘Inflamed Populism’? (Video)
“I think oftentimes, though, we fetishize that idea that the coasts are somehow out of touch. How many times do you see somebody say, ‘You don’t know what real America wants?’” Stewart said. “The prevailing wisdom is that the left is censorious, that the left because of political correctness is woke and wants to stop people from talking.”
All this back-and-forth labeling and division in America is seen by others around the globe – and Stewart wonders what effect it has had on the perception of this country in the process.
“Have the actions of America led to a more unstable and globalized situation that has inflamed populism in this country, inflamed it in Europe?” he asked. “Is our inability to control that aspect of our society sowing the seeds for the instability that we see around the world that’s leading to this more populist illiberal pendulum swing? And how do we reign that in?”
All this back-and-forth labeling and division in America is seen by others around the globe – and Stewart wonders what effect it has had on the perception of this country in the process.
“Have the actions of America led to a more unstable and globalized situation that has inflamed populism in this country, inflamed it in Europe?” he asked. “Is our inability to control that aspect of our society sowing the seeds for the instability that we see around the world that’s leading to this more populist illiberal pendulum swing? And how do we reign that in?”