The Rubin Report Growing Up with Communists & America's Final Stage - Richard Dreyfuss - POLITICS - Rubin Report
Podcast Episode | Talk-Show

The Rubin Report

Growing Up with Communists & America's Final Stage - Richard Dreyfuss - POLITICS - Rubin Report

Podcast Episode | Talk-Show

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to the author of "One Thought Scares Me..." and Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss about the dangers of political partisanship; why the left vs right mindset is a trap; the importance of ...See moreDave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to the author of "One Thought Scares Me..." and Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss about the dangers of political partisanship; why the left vs right mindset is a trap; the importance of opposing views; why we're all centrists, why tribalism around political parties is so dangerous; what it was like to grow up around members of the communist party; what drew so many Americans to communism in the 1950s; how America's system was strong enough to allow a communist party to exist even at the height of the Cold War; what it was really like for some blacklisted writers; why he's so worried about political polarization; why political statements in Oscar Awards speeches make him cringe; why he attended a Ted Cruz rally in 2016; how his generation made the psychology of partisanship so much worse; why he thinks we abandoned the teachings of the founding fathers; why we need to prioritize the teaching of civics in high school; why the current level of political partisanship may be the end of America; and much more. Written by Emilia See less