Air Date: 3–9-25

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:

- The Founding Fathers’ prophetic concerns that we don’t ever talk about

- FDR VP Harry Wallace’s op-ed on American fascism from 1944

- Philosopher Richard Rorty’s chilling predictions from 1998

- A few reasons - with caveats - why U.S. Democracy might make it through Trump 2.0

- Some hope and advice from a country that recently defeated their authoritarian regime

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REFERENCES:

Benjamin Franklin to the Federal Convention

The Other Fear of the Founders - The Atlantic

Vice President Henry A. Wallace on ‘The Danger of American Fascism’ in 1944 - Brewminate

An eerie prophecy of Trump’s second term - Vox

Three reasons why American democracy will likely withstand Trump - Vox

Poland just showed the world how democracy wins

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