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Growing Up with Communists & America’s Final Stage | Richard Dreyfuss | POLITICS | Rubin Report

04.23.2023 - By Dave RubinPlay

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Richard Dreyfuss, the author of “One Thought Scares Me…” and an Academy Award-winning actor, about the dangers of political partisanship; 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; what it was really like for some blacklisted writers; why political statements in Oscar Awards speeches make him cringe; why he attended a Ted Cruz rally in 2016; 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.

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