Ideological Realignments: Past, Present, and Future (feat. CJ Killmer)

Summary: <p>In the midst of world events feeling significantly more historical than usual, we're joined by the host of the <a href="http://profcj.org/">Dangerous History Podcast</a> CJ Killmer--in our fifth overall collaboration!--to have a long, free-wheeling discussion of the notion of "realignment", a subject studied far and wide by political scientists of every stripe.</p> <p>The question of whether or not this is a tradition baked into American political DNA is addressed, as is the role of populism and populist backlashes, both in history and in the present and how they manifested in elections. We also chart the rise of Progressivism as the dominant ideological framework from its early beginnings in the 1890s resulting from the <a href="https://www.historyimpossible.com/podcast/episode/1eca9dd6/the-original-donald-trump">populism of the 1870s-1880s</a>, and look at how it maintained its control up until the early 21st century when its foundation was shaken by an impolitic (if entertaining) con man.</p> <p>And from there, while diagnosing the present (yes there are more politics than usual), we look to the future and potentially make asses of ourselves by throwing out predictions and express our reservations (primarily with Progressivism managing to absorb the populist energy in some way, or with a rapid resurgence of theocratic social conservatism from the populist right).</p> <p>It's a wild ride, almost as wild as American politics always seems to be.</p> <p>History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon and PayPal:</p> <ul> <li>Elias Borota</li> <li>Matthew Dakus</li> <li>Nathan Diehl</li> <li>Gavin Edwards</li> <li>Frank</li> <li>Kevin Gony</li> <li>Nathan Grote</li> <li>Peter Hauck</li> <li>Devin Hreha</li> <li>Mike Kalnins</li> <li>Benjamin Lee</li> <li>Trevor Lindborg</li> <li>Mounty of Madness</li> <li>Jose Martinez</li> <li>Mike Mayleben</li> <li>Pete McAloney</li> <li>Judy McCoid</li> <li>Monica</li> <li>Kostas Moros</li> <li>Ryan Mortenson</li> <li>Ben Mullen</li> <li>Molly Pan</li> <li>Jean Peters</li> <li>Edmund Plamowski</li> <li>Brian Pritzl</li> <li>PJ Rader</li> <li>Gleb Radutsky</li> <li>Aleksandr Rakitin</li> <li>Eugene Rosso</li> <li>Jon Andre Saether</li> <li>Alison Salo</li> <li>Sam</li> <li>Emily Schmidt</li> <li>Julian Schmidt</li> <li>Cameron Smith</li> <li>Brian Steggeman</li> <li>Shane Taylor</li> <li>Jared Cole Temple</li> <li>Steve Uhler</li> <li>Ricky Worthey</li> <li>F. You</li> </ul>