What the U.S. can learn from the fall of democracy in Chile

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Daily, Npr, Talk Show

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Chile is a democracy that fell into dictatorship for nearly two decades. What were the warning signs? Robert Funk, Peter Siavelis and Heraldo Muñoz join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:19.4	The January 6, 2021 attack on Congress
0:23.1	was a massive and organized attempt
0:25.5	to disrupt the regular transfer of power
0:27.7	in America's democracy.
0:29.8	Some call it the first attempted coup
0:32.0	in this nation's modern history.
0:34.8	Democracy survived for now.
0:38.5	And if you're thinking that I sound too much like chicken
0:41.4	little running around, warning that the sky is going to fall,
0:45.4	well, the sky has fallen in the past.
0:50.4	Modern political history has gripping examples
0:54.0	of seemingly stable democracies, suddenly collapsing
0:58.1	into dictatorship.
1:00.1	We'd be wise to learn from those examples.
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