Democracy is having a hard time
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Since the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol in 2021, some Americans have increasingly insisted that their country is not a democracy, but a republic. What’s the difference? Why is democracy having such a hard time at the moment and would randomly picking members of parliament help?
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00:00 Intro
00:53 Democracy Meaning
02:31 Republic Meaning
04:08 How Anti-Democratic Norms Can Spread
06:05 Issues with the US voting system
10:21 Issues with Democracy in General
13:02 The Future of Democracy
14:28 Learn Science with Brilliant
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