‘Political Hobbyism' Is Turning Government Into Entertainment — and It's Hurting Our Country
Has our very-online obsession with politics turned American government into just an obsessive hobby? Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh, who has diagnosed this as "political hobbyism," thinks so. Hersh joined LX News to discuss what real political engagement looks like and how seeing politics as entertainment can be detrimental to make real change.