From Studio H3 and the Current Affairs World Headquarters, it's Current Affairs.

Your ears, finest hour of politics and culture tonight on the program.

We discuss why elites hate democracy.

Ashling enters the lefty shark tank to pitch ritual shaming,

and we all share our most recent revelations. Our panel tonight, finance editor Sparky Abraham. Hello everyone. Senior editor Brianna

Renix. Hi guys. Contributing editor Eli Massey. Howdy? Podmaster general and contributing editor,

Ashling McCray. Hello. I'm your host,

Pete Davis. We begin with segment one. Why is this good? On the recurring segment, why is this good?

We defend a good thing against the haters trying to destroy it.

This week's topic, democracy.

The Atlantic recently published an essay,

Too Much Democracy is Bad for Democracy.

The subtitle, The Major American Parties Have Conceded Unprecedented Power to Primary Voters.

It's a radical experiment, and it's failing. Can I read some

quotes from this article panel? In the article, they miss the good old days when, quote, candidates still

needed to prove their viability to the party's elected officials and insiders. They argue that,

quote, political professionals, insiders such as county and state party chairs, elected officials and insiders. They argue that, quote, political professionals, insiders such

as county and state party chairs, elected officials such as governors and legislative leaders,

are uniquely positioned to evaluate whether contenders have the skills, connections, and sense

of responsibility to govern capably. They say, quote, professional vetting deters renegades, and they lament that primary shift

power from political insiders to another set of quote unquote elites, ideologues and

interest groups with their own agendas, unquote.

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