Why Well-Educated White People Are Getting Politics Wrong

<p>The thesis of Tufts political scientist <a href="https://as.tufts.edu/politicalscience/people/faculty/hersh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eitan Hersh</a>’s new book is provocative, to say the least. In <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Politics Is For Power: How To Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, And Make Real Change</a>, Hersh argues that a big chunk of society — looking at you, well-educated white people! — have come to treat politics as a sort of spectator sport. They spend time on it, and plenty of energy, but it’s a fundamentally <em>passive</em> sort of engagement — and it doesn’t really get things done. Hersh talks Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly through his diagnosis; discusses some #mapoli figures who are actually doing politics *right*; and offers a suggestion or two for anyone who’d like to follow their lead. </p>