#176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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As the nation gears up for the 2020 presidential election, we ask: Is the two-party system good for democracy? Does relying on two hugely powerful political bodies drive division and push voters to the extremes? Or does the two-party system moderate the electorate and make the nation governable? Keynote Conversation: Joanne Freeman - Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University For the Motion: Yascha Mounk - Author, "The People vs. Democracy" Norman Ornstein - Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Against the Motion: Lee Drutman - Author, "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop" Katherine Gehl - Entrepreneur & Political Reformer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Intelligent Squared U.S., the nation's leading nonpartisan debate series, where
0:07.0	the world's most influential minds debate the most important questions of our time and
0:11.5	you decide who carries the day.
0:14.0	Progressive populism unifies and brings us all together.
0:17.4	The Republican Party is institutionally and demographically stronger than it's been in
0:23.2	decade.
0:24.2	But if religion and belief in God is such a great force driving moral progress, Haka
0:28.4	fail so abysmalate science is very good.
0:31.3	But it's a hot situation.
0:32.9	You need both.
0:33.9	The U.S. does need to challenge China's unfair trade practices.
0:37.7	Capitalism is not a blessing.
0:40.3	It's unstable.
0:41.3	It's unequal.
0:42.3	It's undemocratic.
0:43.6	And it's unsustainable.
0:45.6	Ecologic.
0:46.6	We are winning the battle against famine, war, pestilence and even death.
0:52.7	That is thanks to capitalism.
0:54.1	Our debate will go in three rounds and then our audience will choose the winner.
0:57.9	As always, if all goes well, civil discourse will also win.
1:02.4	Hi, everybody.
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