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Concession stand: Trump’s intransigence
Economist Podcasts
The Erosion of Trust in American Democracy
This chapter explores the dangerous ramifications of a president's refusal to concede election results, focusing on how it jeopardizes the integrity of the democratic process in the U.S. It addresses the rise of election fraud narratives and their role in deepening societal divides and fostering political instability.
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Speaker 2
Construction worker is the number one answer with 514 responses, which brings us to Andrew.
Speaker 4
Garbage man.
Speaker 3
Garbage can't. That garbage
Speaker 7
can't.
Speaker 2
That's not a nice people. Trash collector is the fifth
Speaker 3
highest answer with over 100 people.
Speaker 8
Doesn't
Speaker 1
require Wi-Fi.
Speaker 8
A job. Wow.
Speaker 3
Marquez, I'm cutting you off soon.
Speaker 5
Teacher.
Speaker 1
I don't think. I don't know. Well, give it to your teachers. The eighth highest on the board. Teachers. My mom was a teacher for like 30 years. I know. That's the computer every day. I can't probably think of a good reason. She had to use a computer every day.
Speaker 3
I didn't put these
Speaker 1
here. Think like the discord. Think like the discord. Okay. Carpenter.
Speaker 3
That's kind of confusing. Carpenter was put, but I looped it in with construction, unfortunately. They're different.
Speaker 1
My dad did carpentry, but not construction. Janitor.
Speaker 3
That's the famous trash collector.
Speaker 4
No, it's not. No,
Speaker 2
it's not even remotely.
Speaker 1
That's a totally different job. It's all about scale. I'm gonna go a truck driver. Because that's not Wi-Fi. That's cellular. That's pretty good. Dang.
Speaker 5
Nope. Great point. Do you need to get it wrong? Painter. Painter slash artist is the
Speaker 2
sixth highest answer on the board. Andrew. Athlete. No. No. Also, before we keep going, I just want to say there were so many answers that had the caveat of like, oh, dude, I'm not Wi-Fi. I was like Uber driver. I was like, okay, you're clever. Next. Anyway, we're popping. Uber driver.
Speaker 5
Not a top answer. Unfortunately. All right. It just.
Speaker 2
Mark has. Mark
Speaker 1
has. I'm going pilot.
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