Saving Democracy from Demagogues
Wonder Cabinet
Wonder Cabinet Productions
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Around the world, authoritarian leaders are on the rise – from Russia and Hungary to the U.S. They're working from a common playbook: They use violent rhetoric. They attack the media. They see their political rivals as existential enemies to the nation. We examine the return of the Strongman — and how to save democracy.
The conversation with Daniel Ziblatt in this episode was recorded at the La Follette Forum on American Power, Prosperity and Democracy, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by the La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Original Air Date: August 13, 2022
Guests:
Edgar Feuchtwanger — Iliaria Maria Sala — Daniel Ziblatt — Arno Michaelis — Pardeep Singh Kaleka
Interviews In This Hour:
The Nazi Next Door — Facing History and Hate Through Museums — Killing democracy? There's a playbook for that. — Understanding The Man Who Hated You
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Anne. |
| 0:08.2 | Authoritarianism is on the rise in countries around the world. |
| 0:12.0 | Attacks on democracy are accelerating. |
| 0:14.6 | From Russia to Hungary, Turkey to Brazil, there's a common playbook for destroying your country's democracy. |
| 0:21.6 | Use violent rhetoric, attack the media, and portray your political rivals as existential threats |
| 0:27.6 | to the nation. |
| 0:29.6 | Sound familiar? |
| 0:31.6 | Today, on to the best of our knowledge, the return of the strong man and how to save democracy, at home and abroad. |
| 0:40.7 | It's to the best of our knowledge. Public Radio. |
| 0:58.1 | It's to the best of our knowledge. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm Anstrainschamps. |
| 1:03.6 | If hate moved in next door, would you know it? |
| 1:06.1 | Would you recognize it? |
| 1:13.6 | My name is Edgar Fauchwanger. I am 93, so I wasn't born yesterday. |
| 1:20.6 | I think he moved in in 1929. I was four or five. |
| 1:32.3 | I was always taken for a walk by my nanny. |
| 1:36.3 | She was called Rosie. |
| 1:38.3 | And just as we passed his front door. He came out. |
| 1:45.9 | He wore a thrilby hat as people wore in those days. |
| 1:52.6 | He looked at me quite benevolently, |
| 1:56.2 | lifted his hat a little bit and got into his car. |
| 2:03.6 | People saw him and they shouted Heil Hitler. |
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