Nikhil Pal Singh on American democracy
An interview from Issue Fifteen
For many years, a bitter feud has divided those who have framed Donald Trump as an unprecedented threat to the foundations of democracy in the United States from those who have emphasized his continuities with past presidential abuses and the established agenda of the Republican Party. In a new interview with The Drift, the distinguished NYU historian Nikhil Pal Singh blasts through this dichotomy, arguing that Trump is eroding American democracy by intensifying longstanding trends toward economic oligarchy and autocratic foreign policy. Singh’s analysis is even more urgent in the wake of Trump’s unilateral strikes on Iran and the enactment of a monumental upward wealth transfer. Read the full interview online today. And if you’re in New York, join us for our Issue Fifteen Launch Party next Wednesday, July 16 at Night Club 101 in the East Village, from 7pm.
“Losing Any Claim to Moral Leadership” | Nikhil Pal Singh
I still think the conflict that’s best to lean into is one that relates to extreme inequalities of wealth. Most of us are already aligned on this issue, since a few people have vast resources while the great majority do not.
