liberal democracy
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 10, 2024 by Jonathan Haidt · across every show →
Everything said about liberal democracy, oldest first
Jul 10, 2024
Haidt: Liberal democracy needs progressives and conservatives like a gas pedal and brake
“So a good liberal democracy is one in which you have some people pushing for change, you've got other people saying, slow down, like, not so fast, like, let's be careful about this... So that's great, like, you have a car with a gas pedal and a brake, like, yo…”
Sep 16, 2024 negative
Mearsheimer: Forcefully imposing liberal democracy abroad almost always backfires
“Do you think that we can run around the world imposing liberal democracy on other countries, and in some cases, shoving it down their throat, doing it at the end of a rifle barrel. And my argument is that's almost impossible to do. It almost always backfires.”