No Mercy / No Malice: Resist

I'm Scott Galloway, and this is No Mercy, No Malice. One of the wonderful things about this business is occasionally you stumble upon someone who is just so impressive. Professor Heather Cox Richardson, a historian of American history, is one of those people. Here are some of Professor Richardson's views on the crisis facing American democracy. Resist, as read by George Hahn.

My go-to historical frame of reference is World War II. At a staggering global cost of 85 million lives, the Second World War was the crucible of the 20th century, an explosion of unfathomable destruction, followed by an unparalleled period of unevenly distributed peace and and prosperity. As I'm a catastrophist, I'm hardwired to dwell on the first part and take the second part for granted. Also, World War II, specifically the European theater, is personal.

As a kid, my father and his friends kept tabs on people with foreign accents, believing they were tracking Nazi spies in their hometown of Glasgow. When the war ended, Dad was fifteen, three years away from being deployed to the front. My Jewish mother narrowly escaped the horrors of the Holocaust. She found relative safety sheltering in the London tube during the Blitz. Had the Allies not stood their ground, my mom's life could have ended with a train ride, and you'd be listening to something else.

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