The paradox: How democracy can lead to liberalism — or fascism

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In a truly open society, all ideas can flourish -- even those that tear down democracies. New technologies help those ideas spread. So, are fragile democracies the norm? Zac Gershberg, Sean Illing and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:25.8	At the end of the January 6th committee's eighth
0:28.9	public hearing last month, Vice Chair Republican Representative
0:32.8	Liz Cheney of Wyoming asked the nation whether Donald Trump
0:37.2	can ever again be trusted to hold the reins of this democracy.
0:41.8	We must remember that we cannot abandon the truth
0:45.6	and remain a free nation.
0:47.8	Truth and freedom are intertwined.
0:51.6	Democracy protects truth and truth protects democracies.
0:56.9	Or so we believe.
0:58.8	But what if a democracy is as much a safe space for lies
1:03.4	as it is for the truth?
1:05.8	What if democracy carries the seeds of its own destruction?
1:09.8	What if, in fact, democracy is the necessary precursor
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