Centered From Reality

Sinema’s Contrarian Cinema, German Election Reflection & Pandemic Nostalgia?


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In this second episode of the podcast, Alex covers a plethora of issues. He discusses - 

  • In the eleventh hour, the government finally did their job and passed a plan to keep the government funded until December. Unfortunately, Congress still has work to do. Janet Yellen, the treasury secretary, has said that the US will reach its debt ceiling by October. Can congress agree on something to work? Also, Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill is not only being held up by Republicans, but also my moderates like Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema. How did Sinema, a rockstar of the left, become a bulwark against passing legislation? 

 

  • Germany held their federal elections, with the highest position possible being the German Chancellor. This was a role that Angela Merkel held since 2005. She announced earlier this year that she wouldn’t seek another term. Instead what happened was the centre-left Social Democrats narrowly took first place in Germany’s federal election. The SDP only narrowly won with %25.7 of the vote, with the CDU only a percentage point behind. How will the SDP form a coalition that barely represented a majority of the electorate? 

 

  • “Why Are People Nostalgic for Early-Pandemic Life?” By Morgan Ome and Christian Paz is a fascinating article from The Atlantic. It goes over a growing trend amongst young Americans who feel nostalgia for the early days of the pandemic. Alex shares his own “pandemic nostalgia” and tries to understand why this could be happening. Did COVID pull off the veil of ignorance and now people are seeing unwanted realities of the world? Maybe even nostalgia is a coping mechanism.
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