#120 Narrative Dominance
Yabi Lali
Description
While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. <br/><br/>PS: If you enjoy listening instead of reading, we have this edition available as an audio narration on all podcasting platforms courtesy the good folks at <a href="https://www.ad-auris.com/">Ad-Auris</a>. If you have any feedback, please send it to us.<br/><br/>📣📣📣 Announcement: Admissions are now open for the summer cohort of Takshashila Institution’s 12-week Graduate Certificate Programme in Public Policy. Visit <a href="http://takshashila.org.in/courses">takshashila.org.in/courses</a> to find out more.  <br/><br/>Global Policy Watch: A Short History Of The Breitbart Doctrine<br/><br/>Bringing an Indian perspective to burning global issues<br/><br/>- RSJ<br/><br/>In <a href="https://publicpolicy.substack.com/p/117-a-resignation">edition #117</a> where we covered the resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta, we had a <a href="https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2021/the-spectre-of-totalitarianism/">polemic by Edward Skidelsky </a>as suggested reading in our homework section. We specifically quoted this line:<br/><br/>“The ‘woke’ left is currently pursuing this goal by way of a Gramscian “long march through the institutions” — a progressive co-option of the schools, universities, state bureaucracies and big corporations.”  <br/><br/>What’s this ‘Gramscian long march’ that’s mentioned here? That’s the first question for this post.<br/><br/>Separately, I was drawn to a U.S. national survey done by <a href="https://www.cato.org/survey-reports/poll-62-americans-say-they-have-political-views-theyre-afraid-share#introduction">Cato Institute last year on freedom of expression</a>. The results weren’t surprising to me (including the stupid gr
Creators
alice.wave
Creator