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#376 - How Democracies Fail

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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American Democratic Decline and the Rise of Autocracies

Discussion on various aspects of American democratic decline, the role of ideologues around Trump, historical analogies to Vichy France, weaknesses of the Democratic Party, and the influence of modern autocracies on undermining liberal democracy. The chapter also covers the power of ideas in democracies and autocracies, the impact of corruption and expropriated wealth on global financial systems, and the unintended consequences of optimism in the early 1990s regarding political change in authoritarian regimes.

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