How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, Anti Elitism, Media Circus, Kurt Andersen

How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, AntiElitism, Media Circus Watch the newest video from Big Think: Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: Since a boat of religious fanatics with buckles on their hats hit the shores near Plymouth Rock and claimed that this was their utopia, America has always been a little bit crazy. It s this kind of wideeyed anything can happen if you believe mentality that, at its best, can produce incredible art. But at its worst, it can be cruel and conspiratorial. We live in a country where people refuse to believe vaccination can help you and where a White House is spinning alternative but Kurt Andersen is here to say that this is nothing now. At the time of the Civil War, society had become split by two sides that refused to listen to each other. Back then, the political and social divide i