#334 — The Low-Trust Society

Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about the state of American
democracy and the liberal world order. They discuss the weakness
of moral individualism, the loss of social trust, the dangers of
identity politics, what happened to the Republican Party, the
hatred of elites, the 2024 Presidential Election, the Trump
indictments, the war in Ukraine, moral force, the roots of
liberalism, the various flavors of Trump support, the Biden
presidency, Hunter Biden’s laptop scandal, Biden’s prospects in
2024, Nikki Haley, economic inequality, the problems with
meritocracy, the state of media and social media, the lure of
conspiracy thinking, the politics of recognition, our handling of
the Covid pandemic, our difficulties acknowledging uncertainty,
our withdrawal from Afghanistan, the limits of American power,
and other topics.


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