Latter Day Struggles
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Latter Day Struggles
348: Anti-"Woke" Resentment is Trump's Luckiest Trump Card. Twice.
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Support the show & get subscriber-only content.Series Title: Polarization, Trump Victories, & the Story of Human Progression (& Regression) [Part III of IV]
In this episode Val & Nathan discuss how societies evolve upward in love, inclusion, & consciousness, unless something goes terribly wrong from those on the leading edge of consciousness. In short, if the leading edge does not both 'transcend' in consciousness but ALSO 'include' the value of the earlier stages, then evolution is prone to halt or even move into a regression of consciousness.
Looking at our current climate of political polarization, Val & Nathan analyze how the woke movement's shortcomings and Trump's rise in power reflect deeper issues in how societies advance, or don't advance, when course correction is needed. The conversation centers on how the failure to love and include earlier developmental stages can regress societal progress. This phenomenon is not so much about politics as it is about human (and society's) growth & development. They will be going much deeper into this topic as it relates to religion and the LDS faith in later episodes.
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**The ideas from this are drawn from the scholarship of Ken Wilber and his insightful book 'A Post-Truth World: Politics, Polarization, and a Vision for Transcending the Chaos,'
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