Checks and Balance: America on trial

Checks and Balance from The Economist

The Economist

Politics, News & Politics, News, Us Politics

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The bare facts of the Kyle Rittenhouse case are not disputed. In August 2020 he shot dead two people, and injured a third, during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But to the right the teenager is an American hero and to the left he’s a reckless vigilante. What does the case tell us about gun culture and race in America?

We hear how the media on the left and right told the Rittenhouse story and go back to the origins of a notorious self-defence law. The Economist’s Daniel Knowles explains why guns divide America.

John Prideaux hosts with Jon Fasman and Charlotte Howard.

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0:00.0	Change.
0:01.0	There is more change than ever before.
0:03.5	So maybe we need to change how we think about change.
0:06.5	Maybe that change you didn't see coming can change what's possible for you.
0:10.0	Change what your business can be.
0:11.5	Change what you can make.
0:13.0	Change the industry.
0:14.0	Change the world.
0:15.0	Change so much that you change everything.
0:18.0	And when you want to reflect on all your change, don't.
0:21.0	Because more change is coming.
0:23.0	Change and reinvent what your business could be.
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0:28.0	Accenture.
0:29.0	Let there be change.
0:37.0	In 1989, Patrick Swayze was hot property.
0:41.0	Two years earlier, Dirty Dancing, a low-budget film
0:44.0	into which Swayze played Johnny Castle,
0:46.0	a smoldering dance instructor,
0:48.0	had been a surprise hit and manboed him to international stardom.
0:53.0	Roadhouse released that May is a more obscure entry in his filmography.
0:59.0	Swayze stars as a bouncer,
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