In which John Green teaches you about the rise of the conservative movement in United States politics. So, the sixties are often remembered for the liberal changes that the decade brought to America, but lest you forget, Richard Nixon was elected to the presidency during the sixties. The conservative movement didn’t start with Nixon though. Modern conservatism really entered mainstream consciousness during the 1964 presidential contest between the incumbent president and Kennedy torch-bearer Lyndon B Johnson, and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. While Goldwater never had a shot in the election, he used the campaign to talk about all kinds of conservative ideas. At the same time, several varying groups, including libertarian conservatives and moral conservatives, began to work together. Goldwater’s trailblazing and coalition-building would pay off in 1968 when Richard Nixon was elected to the White House, and politics changed forever when Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. You’ll also learn about the ERA, EPA, OSHA, the NTSB, and several other acronyms and initialisms.
Hey teachers and students – Check out CommonLit’s free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. Richard Nixon ushered in an age of conservatism, first rising to the national stage with his Checkers speech: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/senator-nixon-s-checkers-speech
Nixon’s presidency ended in near impeachment however over the corruption of the Watergate scandal: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/watergate-undoing-a-president
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Abuse of power… LOL
Conservatism? Shhh, call it what it is, Racism.
4:35 someone inform Candace Owens
Greed, pure and simple.
Conservatism in the U.S. has a much longer history than this….
The Star Trek reference made no sense to me and I know things.
Dude, that video was PACKED! first time I watched it a bit slower 😀
doesn't mention regan bc he doesn't want to imply that conservatives are good and that's why he only mentions Nixon and white supremacists
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This is not entirely correct about Goldwater. Goldwater was a true conservative who stood by his principles in believing in federalism. He believed in state’s rights and that it’s up the people in their own state to decide. But it did cost him the election.
A lot of the "big government" programs Nixon started were common sense programs. For example, the EPA started with the purpose of telling companies to not dump literal waste into water. Obviously now the EPA has been labeled as far left by conservatives with "radical ideas" such as clean energy and fuel efficient cars.
Funny. Hippies back then are now conservatives now telling people how to live their lives.
Teach me dont navigate me to your native
No mention of the first Republican? Abraham Lincoln? Hello?
This guy is bias beyond all means and spins this 'history' to his own political views. But I guess who doesn't these days.
the more extreme the left becomes, the more popular conservatism gets
Ahem excuse me before you rake mr nixons name thru the mud. I as a gen x'er know that president Nixon made "The Draft" Unconditional! Since millenials are reading this let me explain. Because of president Nixon You cannot be drafted and forced to do something you dont want to do. Like fighting a war you have no idea what is about. So go right ahead and drag his name thru the mudd. But because of him if war should break out anywhere and people are needed to fight it you wont get a letter saying the military has decided they want you to fight it against your will. Is that enough mansplaing for you moron millennials!
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Wonder why the couple at 08:50 got divorced.
Why does this guy sound like an idiot
I wouldn't really consider Nixon representative of the conservative movement. He claimed to believe in Keynesian economics, and many of his policies were indistinguishable from the liberals of his time; he even proposed universal basic income. Ronald Reagan, I would argue, was the true poster boy of conservatism. He slashed taxes, expressed fear of an overreaching government, and propped up family values. Also, I don't think it's fair to conflate Nixon being tough on crime to being opposed to the civil rights movement.
Yay John green
Loving your videos. Pretty objective. Grettings from Colombia
Mr. Green Mr. green LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Interesting historical fact: Barry Goldwater was founder of Arizona NACCP. Young Hillary Clinton listened to Dr King in Chicago, and years pass-she would work in Goldwater’s campaign
Pretty biased towards the left. Especially with race.
Ahh, man. Iwas wondering about how they bacame a cult…
Plot twist: Democrats today WERE the republicans of slavery
This is pretty opinion based and requires a lot of mind reading. Conservatives have more than enough reason at that time to be cautious at the overreach and expansion of power of the government. You implied reasoning is often racism, and when a racist left the Dems for the Republicans, you makevit sound like it was because he was racist and the Republicans were also racist, but that logic doesn't follow. First, he was a Democrat, and racist, so by your previous logic, Democrats are racist, and a few racist from the Democrats switched sides. You can be a racist and believe in the principles of both parties, clearly. The government was expanding at an astronomical rate and anyone who was worried about huge government would have had the Cold War and Kennedys assassination to look to. There is a lot of mind reading and to take political rhetoric seriously as an expression of belief and thought is a childish notion at best and purposefully misleading. You failed to mention a lot of the horrible things the Democrats said after contructing the Great Society. We all know what quote Im talking about and that wasnt a political statement, that was just candid talk. Informative, but a little biased.
Rise? LOL If you were to graph the conservative trend in America on a line graph, it would be parallel to the y-axis.
Sad that you can't leave your political views/thoughts out of teaching….. maybe you could actually teach something that wasn't contaminated…. you know! The POUR TRUTH! Just a shame since you actually have an ounce of talent. JUST SAYING…
Yikes. No mention of William F Buckley or National Review or Russell Kirk or Friedrich Hayek or Milton Friedman or Ludwig von Mises, Bill Cristol, William Safire, George Santayana, Robert Nisbet, Richard Neuhaus, tNRA, tSouthern Baptist Convention, tUSCCB, Neo-Conservativism…
Definitely a liberal perspective on the rise of conservatism. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd love to find a good conservative perspective on the rise of conservatism to pair with this.
conservatism: resurfaced in the 1870s in late reconstruction, 1920s, 1970's (topic of this video), late 2010's…hey, every 40-50 years, conservatism comes back to interrupt the gradual progressive direction of the country.
Quarantine: exists
Kids watching Crash course for school
John: stonks
Great switch is a lie.
Anybody noticing that the transcript/subtitle doesn't match the video? Seems like a few clips have been cut from the video.
The conservatives – the 'secret society' that ruin America by trying to create Hell on earth disgused as Heaven.
It's like the spirit of the Brits getting revenge against Thomas Jefferson.
Amazing video amazing series amazing host!