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#274 — The Future of American Democracy
Making Sense with Sam Harris
The Usefulness of Undermining the Rules
Democracy is not like a light switch that is on or off, it's a dimmer switch that is constantly being adjusted. In the 19 forties, in the state of californi sarin the state of south carolina, bout 50 thousand people voted. But since through the twentieth century, and especially since the second world war, we now think democracy means that every adult gets to participate to the extent that they want to. That was the exciting proposition that emerged in 20 20. Maybe if you just compress it enough, without overturning democracy altogether, you can assure that we win much more often than we otherwise would.
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