Good evening, everyone. My name is betsy atkins. On behalf of harvard bookstore, id like to welcome you to cambridge public library. Im extremely pleased to have Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt with us. Please check out more Upcoming Library programming and be sure to join our email list to learn about the event series, and please visit us online at harvard. Com events. Id also like to thank tonights cosponsor, mass humanities supporting programs that use history, literature, philosophy and the other disciplines to enhance and improve civic life for the people of massachusetts. Learn more at masscommunities. Org. Tonights talk will conclude with time for your questions. Please note that this talk is being recorded by cspan, and during q a your questions will be recorded. To ask a question, please come to the mic at the front of this aisle to my left. Following q a, there will be a book signing here on stage. The signing line will form down the aisle to my right, the end of which may
Comes to trump, but the first sentence this is not a book about donald trump, how the big right lost its mind is the title, and immediately you are taking a stand in the title, but i would like to make sure everyone knows that his watching knows your background. Youve written a number of other books. The conservatives that have have support to trump and do, will find a great deal in calm and that they have on the issue of the academy, freedom of expression, etc. And if they see you. Some came back why are you doing that. He is a never trumper. But i would like to do first, since everyone is watching the outcome is to know what the conservatism is. Explain to everyone that is listening, politically and otherwise, what conservatism means to you. Guest it seems to be redefined on a regular basis. But for me it was all about the limited government, fiscal responsibility, respect for the constitution. Those sort of things that are in inclusive aspirational vision that are very well captured
Watching has already seen this. But whats interesting for me in being asked to do that is im not on the opposite side of you when it comes to President Trump but the first sentence in your book, this is not a book about donald trump area the right lots of bits mind is the title. Immediately you are taking a stand with the title but what id like to do is make sure Everybody Knows what your background is. Some tweets came back why are you doing that. Hes a never trumper. What to do first since everyone watching no doubt would have a different idea of what conservatism is, before we get into the meat of this and i will speak to bite on background, explain to everyone who is listening what conservatism means to you. Guest thats an interesting question because thats up in the air. It seems to be being redefined on a regular basis. Conservatism was all about limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedom, respect for the constitution. Kind of an inclusive aspirational vision t
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