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#141 - Is Western Democracy In Danger?

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4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Motion: Western Democracy is Threatening Suicide Do populist and nationalist uprisings signal Western democracy’s certain decline? Or can recent events be seen as part of a healthy and regenerative antidote to policies that have challenged liberal institutions and marginalized the middle class? Some predict that a resilient liberal world order will rally to triumph over fear, xenophobia and fractured political parties – others say that support for autocratic alternatives is on the rise. Four leading thinkers debate the future of Western democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0

We all know the saying that democracy is the worst form of government.

0:36.1

There's ever been except for all of the others.

0:39.3

And yes, it's true democracy can get messy.

0:41.8

Voters can make mistakes and politicians can figure out ways to play those voters.

0:46.3

But the theory goes that democracy always gets to correct itself.

0:50.7

The Bums get thrown out.

0:52.7

The wisdom of the people gets reasserted.

0:56.5

But what if the theory fails?

0:58.5

Could the people make a choice that is not only bad,

1:02.0

but that so damages democracy in the process

1:05.2

that it cannot make the necessary correction?

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