Democracies
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
American Optimist 
How I Built This 
Big Technology 
All-In
4 statements about Democracies, every show
Friedberg: Authoritarian leaders emerging from democracies usually come from privilege
“Well, if you look historically at the rise of authoritarian regimes coming out of democracies, it's typically the folks that are come from an influence of from a point of influence and from the point of privilege and power, and they then decided they wanted to…”
Haidt: Performative social platforms destroy youth mental health and damage democracy
“We're talking about a small number of platforms where people do the labor. They create the content in exchange for prestige. That's what I think is, is destroying a generation in terms of mental health. And that's what I think is most damaging to democracies.”
Hari: Democratic Citizens Can Reclaim Attention From Big Tech Platforms
“We are not medieval peasants begging at the court of King Zuckerberg for a few little crumbs of attention, right? We are the free citizens of democracies, and we own our own minds, and we can take them back if we want to.”
Harper: China recently made better decisions than Western democracies
“Right now, it is, I don't think it's, whether it's economics or the virus or anything, I don't think you have to be a really deep political analyst to say that, generally speaking, the Chinas Have been making better decisions in the last couple of years than d…”