#1635 Democracy on the Decline: The US is not alone in facing threats to democracy, others countries are showing how democracies fail

Air Date 6/11/2024

Democracies don't break all of a sudden in a moment of crisis, they fail slowly over time and only by knowing the warning signs and responding effectively to the threat before it's too late can the worst be averted.

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KEY POINTS

1: Why and Where is Democracy in Decline? - TLDR News

2: Is Democracy Under Threat? - Tufts University

3: The decline of American democracy won't be televised - Vox

4: How Republicans are fueling Russia and China_s global effort to undermine democracy - Velshi

5: How Republican Attorneys General are Undermining Voting Rights - Democracy Docket

6: Democracy vs. Autocracy: An Unproductive Dichotomy - Marxist Project

7: When Democracy Breaks: Final Thoughts with Archon Fung, David Moss and Arne Westad - Democracy Paradox

8: Protecting Voting Rights with Eric Holder - Why Is This Happening?

9: Rich Logis Escaped the Trump - MAGA Cult -- Heed His Warnings About Its Power and Extreme Danger to America - Chauncey DeVega Show

10: "The President of Forgetting" - Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good

(1:03:29) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Those who defend authoritarians against criticism during D-Day commemoration

Conservatives Angry at Biden’s Anti-Nazi D-Day Speech

Fighting Trump on the Beaches

DEEPER DIVES

(1:09:52) SECTION A: DISSECTION OF DEMOCRACY

(1:31:56) SECTION B: INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY

(2:09:54) SECTION C: THE CULT OF TRUMP

(2:36:47) SECTION D: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

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Description: Black and white photo of a person holding a homemade sign that says “Fighting for Democracy”

Credit: “For Democracy” by Alisdare Hickson, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Change: Cropped