![]() ![]() GIRIDHARADAS: The most powerful example for me was this movement called deep canvassing, going door to door in Arizona to change minds on immigration. ![]() They're activists on the political left who recognize that if they're going to prevail in a democracy, they need to build political support. INSKEEP: His book "The Persuaders" profiles people who have not given up. Because once you give up on the idea that you can change minds, you're kind of giving up on the idea of democracy. GIRIDHARADAS: What became very clear to me, also, is that this kind of contempt and writing each other off is also the road to civil war and the road to political violence. Now he's writing about how to change the system, which means changing minds, even when it doesn't seem worth the effort. One of his books was about inequality - how wealthy elites lock in their gains. INSKEEP: Giridharadas is a journalist with definite political views. The writer Anand Giridharadas says he needed to persuade himself that there's still some point in persuasion.ĪNAND GIRIDHARADAS: I think if you look at our political debate, it's so easy to be fatalistic, for good reason. ![]()
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