Welcome back to the Homefront. I'm your host, Reid Galen. Today, I'm once again joined by David

Troy. Dave is an investigative journalist covering the intersection of technology and democracy.

With a background as both a tech entrepreneur and historian, he brings a unique perspective

to analysis of geopolitics, information warfare, and other current offense. He is the publisher and editor of America 2.0 and also writes a monthly column,

The Wide Angle for the Washington Spectator.

He is also host of the podcast, Dave Troy, presents.

Dave, welcome back.

Thanks for having me read.

Glad to be here.

Okay, so the reason why I wanted to have you back on was a brief

exchange we had on social media about the idea of where america is is the america of the first

249 years as we have known it over if so why and lastly what can if we do about it. So take it from your unique perspective

as both tech and history and politics. Where are we now? Well, I, you know, I think that in a lot of

ways, we're under assault from a lot of different forces that have been trying to erode American democracy and for a variety of

different reasons for a long time. And I don't think that it's even limited to America, although

this is sort of the front lines, if you will, because we're considered to be, you know,

one of the leading democracies in the world and kind of pioneered the form in many ways.

A lot of things are starting to break down, and it's pretty obvious. A lot of things are starting to break down,

and it's pretty obvious that a lot of things are starting to break down. So what I've been thinking

about is what is needed next with democracy, not only in the United States, but globally,

to defend and not just defend, but to really advance the cause of democracy in the world.

Because as we've seen, there's a lot of autocrats and technocrats and oligarchs and, you know, plutocrats and the rest that are trying to capture the world's governments.

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