以拜登和罗斯福之间的历史和非凡相似之处为指导,这位资深政治分析师分析了2022年及以后美国面临的风险
乔·拜登找到了回到富兰克林·罗斯福新政的道路。四十年来,普通人的前景日渐黯淡,公众喜欢拜登所提供的东西。然而,随着共和党人(越来越多地成为少数民族)试图破坏民主以保住权力,美国的民主正处于可怕的危险之中。这是最好的时代,也是最糟糕的时代。在《走向成功》一书中,畅销书作家兼政治记者罗伯特·库特纳(Robert Kuttner)评估了这一关键时刻的前景和危险。
拜登和他那个时代的罗斯福一样,面临着多重挑战。罗斯福不得不与种族主义立法者做出可怕的妥协,以使他的计划得以实施。拜登要建立必要的执政联盟,就需要建立持久的多种族联盟。罗斯福不得不征服法西斯主义。。。
Going Big: FDR’s Legacy, Biden’s New Deal, and the Struggle to Save Democracy
With history and the extraordinary parallels between Biden and FDR as his guide, the veteran political analyst diagnoses what’s at stake for America in 2022 and beyond
Joe Biden has found his way back to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. After four decades of diminishing prospects for ordinary people, the public likes what Biden is offering. Yet American democracy is in dire peril as Republicans, increasingly the national minority, try to destroy democracy in order to cling to power. It is the best of times and the worst of times. In Going Big, bestselling author and political journalist Robert Kuttner assesses the promise and peril of this critical juncture.
Biden, like FDR in his time, faces multiple challenges. Roosevelt had to make terrible compromises with racist legislators to win enactment of his program. Biden, to achieve the necessary governing coalition, needs to achieve durable multiracial coalitions. Roosevelt had to conquer fascism in…
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