Book · recommended on 1 episode
Coming Apart
Charles Murray ISBN 0307453421
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Charles Murray ISBN 0307453421
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This book by Charles Murray came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Saagar Enjeti. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.
“one of my favorite books is called coming apart by Charles Murray uh and that book really really underscores how the cultural milu that people swim in”— Saagar Enjeti
The guest here is Saagar Enjeti: Political commentator and journalist, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and of The Realignment podcast. A voracious reader of history whose analysis draws heavily on presidential biographies and political-science classics. Saagar Enjeti traces the history behind Trump's 2024 win, MAGA, DOGE, immigration, and the realignment of American politics through a historian's lens.
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