The Great Abdication

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4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author of How Democracies Die, tells us about "The Great Abdication: America's Descent into Authoritarianism."

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