“The next Christopher Hitchens.”

That’s how many people describe Luke Savage, a young Canadian author who writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Jacobin Magazine.

A scathing critic of politics in both Canada and the United States, Savage’s recent book “The Dead Center” exposes the hollowness and futility of 21st century liberalism, reserving particular scorn for Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama.

Despite recent upturns for Joe Biden, following better-than-expected midterm results and now infighting among Congressional Republicans, is the 80-year-old centrist really the candidate most capable of winning the Democrats another term?

Will the movement of younger voters away from the liberal mainstream and toward the socialist and/or environmentalist left help or hinder democracy – in Canada, the US, and around the world?

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