Why Are We Drawn to Dictators?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Is liberal democracy facing an existential crisis? A 2023 poll conducted by the Open Society Barometer found that faith in democracy among young people is waning. But what does this mean? Why might young people become more 'strongman-curious'?
To get to the bottom of this, Dan is joined by an all-star cast of experts. We have the renowned journalist Anne Applebaum, author of the upcoming book 'Autocracy, Inc.', Professor of Politics David Runciman, host of the 'Past Present Future' podcast, and Professor Robert Saunders, an expert in political history and the history of ideas. They join us to discuss why democracy is foundering and to remind us why the myth of the strongman is so dangerous.
Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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| 1:00.0 | Hi everybody. Welcome to Dan Snow's history hit. I think it was probably the |
| 1:06.9 | chainsaw guy that tipped me over the edge. I was been tested by Bolsonaro in |
| 1:11.0 | Brazil trying to cling to power through an election that he obviously lost or |
| 1:14.5 | Netanyahu trying to gut the independent judiciary in Israel or Putin facing a coup from his |
| 1:19.9 | former chef. But I think it was the chainsaw guy that was the final straw for me. |
| 1:25.0 | Havier Milay, the newly elected Argentinian president waving that chainsaw around |
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