What is driving our current political upheaval? Shadi and Damir discuss a few different theories including the decline of religion, the absence of an aristocracy, and, crucially, modern America's obsession with dogs.

Required Reading:

• "The Weimarization of the American Republic," by Aaron Sibarium (American Purpose)
• "Reflections on What's to Come," by Shadi Hamid (Wisdom of Crowds)
• "The Death of Our Most Cherished Pieties," by Damir Marusic (Wisdom of Crowds)

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