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Introducing: The Last Resort

2022/12/18
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节目主持人:本节目探讨了加州退出运动(CalExit)的兴衰,以及其背后关于建立进步的西海岸乌托邦、争取美国未来,以及卷入全球犯罪阴谋的故事。该运动的支持者认为,这是加州人实践自身价值的唯一途径,但宪法并不能保护加州免受联邦最高法院的裁决。民调显示,多数选民认为现行政府体制失灵,为CalExit等变革运动提供了机会。 Barbara Walter:根据对二战以来200多次内战的研究,她指出,半民主(anocracy)和派系主义(factionalism)是预测国家是否会陷入内战的两个关键因素。她认为,美国目前正呈现出这两种特征,可能在本十年内面临自1860年代以来最严重的政治分裂危机。 Casey Michelle:由于政治联系的削弱和政治紧张局势加剧,美国可能达到一个临界点,促使人们重新思考现有政治体制,并探索替代方案,例如加州独立。 Marcus (Cal Exit):他坚信CalExit运动在未来五年内将会发生,认为起初不被看好的运动如今已获得更多关注,不再被嘲笑。

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The Last Resort explores big, crazy, dangerous ideas – ideas that no one took seriously, but which may now be our best options. What would actually happen if we put these ideas into practice? In season one, we ask: what if California seceded from the United States? To do so, we follow the rise and messy fall of Yes! California, the state’s most prominent independence movement. The Last Resort is a timely exploration of political polarization in America, at a time when many Americans feel anxious about the future and don’t understand – at all – the people on the other side of the aisle. With the mid-term elections looming, and actual sitting members of Congress calling for a “national divorce,” we indulge the fantasy of escaping it all. Could we just wipe the slate clean and start over?

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