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12. Six Burning Questions About the State of Democracy

Is This Democracy

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What's the Point of Paying Attention to Political News?

Marjorie from Atlanta and Ted from Dallas had somewhat similar questions, I'm going to read both of them and we're going to discuss them as a pair. Marjorie asked, how do you talk to someone in your life who seems to share your basic beliefs and values but just isn't engaged? To give a concrete example, what would you say to a young adult who either casually tells you they're not going to vote in an upcoming election because they're either A to busy or B convinced it's all hopeless and their vote won't matter anyway? Ted passed, I'm very pessimistic about our future both globally and for the purposes of your podcast nationally. Republicans are obstructions with

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