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#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Great Light We Tell Ourself

The 20s Weimar Republic was a very liberal democracy. The moderate parties were being dragged by the radicals into alliance with them to prevent the worst case scenario from the other guy. So if you look at, I'm sort of fascinated by the history of this period because it really does speak to how does a democracy break down?

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