Can America still become one people? Noah Smith joins Lomez for an honest debate over immigration, assimilation, ethnogenesis, and the future of American identity.
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00:00 — Noah Smith on Politics, Economics & “No Opinion”
01:34 — Noah Smith vs. the DSA Left
05:05 — Is America Fundamentally Good?
07:07 — Abundance Politics: What Does “Abundance for Americans” Mean?
10:44 — Who Could Lead the Democrats in 2028?
14:52 — Israel, Palestine & the Challenge of a Jewish Candidate
18:43 — Immigration and the Politics of Ethnic Conflict
25:39 — Irish and German Immigration: How Assimilation Happened
31:57 — Is Today’s Immigration Wave Historically Unprecedented?
35:38 — “Replenished Ethnicity”: Does Immigration Slow Assimilation?
43:23 — Immigration, Ethnic Majorities & Political Balkanization
47:35 — Can “American” Become a Shared Ethnicity?
55:31 — Would an Immigration Pause Help or Hurt Assimilation?
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