In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really high level.
Jonathan ChaitIn some ways, Trump is just going to continue the trend: by continuing the norm-smashing behaviour that Republicans used in opposition.
Jonathan ChaitIlliberal left ideology has its greatest strength on campuses because campuses are one of the few places in American life where a certain kind of far-left politics can actually impose hegemony on other ideas and really control the discourse in a way it can't in most places in American life where even moderate liberals are more of a minority.
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