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#225 — Republic of Lies

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Trump Is Trying to Sabotage the Presidency of His Successor for His Personal Gain

Sally Kohn: This is probably the lowest point in our democracy since the civil war. If we don't see some crazy degree of violence or political assassinations sparked by his conspiracy theories, we have discovered that much of what keeps our democracy intact is not a matter of our laws, but of our political norms. So many safeguards against corruption and abuses of power depend on the decency of the people in power. We need a system that can handle a cyclopath in the white house. But it seems clear that most trump voters really don't understand what's happeninga,. i know that sounds patronizing, but it's not meant to be.

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