Eye Of The Storm Podcast (with Yanis Varoufakis and Raoul Martinez) DEMOCRACY IS BROKEN | Caroline Lucas and Yanis Varoufakis
May 8, 2024
Caroline Lucas and Yanis Varoufakis discuss challenges in Parliament, fossil fuel industry influence, psychology of power, historical struggles, decision-making dilemmas, Brexit representation, and a vision for a greener, socially just economy.
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Democracy Is Under Severe Threat
- Democracy is under attack beyond just voting rights and electoral systems.
- Centralization and media complicity enable populists and authoritarian tendencies.
Fix Democracy's Basics First
- Fix fundamental democratic structures like written constitutions and proportional representation.
- Use citizens' assemblies and ensure inclusion when deploying digital technologies in democracy.
Democracy Limits Majority Power
- Democracy was designed to limit power of the many, favoring elites.
- Technology can't fix democracy without changing its power dynamics first.