Saturday Sep 12, 2020
This is How Liberty Dies
In this episode I interview Professor Steven Levitsky, co-author with Daniel Ziblatt of 2018 best-seller "How Democracies Die". Dr. Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
As more and more people are worrying about the ongoing erosion of long-standing political norms we explore the question, 'should we take US democracy for granted?'. Are there parallels between our current politics and the historical rise of autocracies? What are the factors that have contributed to the polarization of political discourse? What is the price of democracy?
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The electoral college is the gate keeper, parties are the problem. The US Constitution was designed to protect the rights of even the most minority of Americans from the masses who may disagree. The USA is not a democracy, it is Constitutional Republic. And it was designed intentionally to protect from one party rule.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
oh none of this is bias. everything you have said before this is devalued by this exposure ::: : thanks for all the fish ... .
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
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