{"id":30177,"date":"2025-07-13T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30177"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:13:16","slug":"history-informed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30177","title":{"rendered":"History informed&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter--300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter--150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce3b362eee6ea3145255f26264e131db\"><strong>Court Painter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-474002a7e584defa1e78f999e5f89f2b\">Court Painter recommends this video conversation to any thoughtful viewer interested in a profoundly insightful analysis of the past,current and future state of U.S. democracy, grounded and informed by history and lived experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9b1d00be6959c59f6db72716994be9fb\"><strong>Heather Cox Richardson<\/strong>, historian and author of Letters from an American, joins <strong>Scott Galloway<\/strong> , academic, author and entrepreneur to explore how authoritarianism takes hold \u2013 not through coups, but within democratic systems. They discuss how the Republican Party masterfully rebranded itself as the party of patriotism, masculinity, and individualism, while Democrats failed to counter the narrative. Plus, they touch on national service, economic inequality, and the role of &#8220;love&#8221; in rebuilding a fractured America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6c6c2b670d28bb221e2bc396c28cb54\"><strong><em>Click link for video<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America\u2019s Branding Crisis \u2014 with Heather Cox Richardson | Prof G Conversations\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ieAwLyEDHqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-Scott-Galloway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-Scott-Galloway.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-Scott-Galloway-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-Scott-Galloway-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ca430bb953987b81366891e8328ca464\">Court Painter &amp; portrait of <strong>Scott Galloway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-HC-Richardson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-HC-Richardson.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-HC-Richardson-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Court-Painter-HC-Richardson-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c76333161cf8b1dfe60953059b36a4cf\">Court Painter &amp; portrait of <strong>Heather Cox Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court Painter Court Painter recommends this video conversation to any thoughtful viewer interested in a profoundly insightful analysis of the past,current and future state of U.S. democracy, grounded and informed by history and lived experience. 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