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Yascha Mounk

What Yascha Mounk thinks about politics

@yascha-mounk · 18 positions · On ppll ↗

Writer and academic on the crisis of democracy and the defence of liberal values; professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins, founder of Persuasion and host of The Good Fight.

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6 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Yascha Mounk has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingThe rise of a successful third-party bid is more likely than it was in the past.

    Their wordsThe conventional wisdom no longer holds: The rise of a successful third-party bid is much more likely than it was in the past.

    ↗Third Parties Are On the Rise. America Could Be Next.writing.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingA successful third-party candidate is likely to combine extreme cultural views with isolationist tendencies.

    Their wordsI fear that it is much more likely that a successful third-party candidate, whether on the left or the right, would combine extreme cultural views with deeply isolationist tendencies.

    ↗Third Parties Are On the Rise. America Could Be Next.writing.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

  4. 8 months earlier

  5. Our readingThe postwar political order is breaking apart and a return to postwar calm is unlikely in the near future.

    Their wordsBut the realization that an old political order is breaking apart, and that we are unlikely to return to the relative calm of the postwar years anytime soon, has slowly been dawning on political leaders desperate to keep living in the past.

    ↗Wake Up, Europewriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  6. 4 months earlier

  7. Our readingThe tendency of both the left and the right to flip-flop on free speech depending on their perceived cultural power is the power theory of free speech.

    censorship

    Their wordsI have come to think of the tendency of both left and right to flip-flop on free speech depending on whether or not they feel that they have the upper hand in the nation's culture war as the power theory of free speech.

    ↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  8. 6 months earlier

  9. Our readingDonald Trump's willingness to risk a global financial meltdown makes it more likely that he will carry out seemingly unimaginable actions in other areas.

    Their wordsHis willingness to risk global financial meltdown also makes it more likely that he will do the seemingly unimaginable in other areas.

    ↗Take Trump Literallywriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  11. Our readingTrump has returned to the White House with a more loyal staff and a greater determination to implement his plans than during his first term.

    Their wordsThe most important difference between 2016 and now is that Trump has come back to the White House with a much more loyal staff and a much greater determination to turn his plans into reality.

    ↗Take Trump Literallywriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece