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I Wasn't Ready For This 22-Year-Old | Ethan Thornton #497 | The Way I Heard It

Mike Rowe20 views
6:18the that balance it can be quite dangerous so what I mean by that is like American democracy is is unique because it was set up to be very very dynamic6:33it changes at the right rate. And we're just talking Washington. If you went back and installed American democracy back then, I think it would make our6:42founding fathers throw up. But similarly, if you went and installed the government that existed back then today, it wouldn't work. And so democracy has

Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498

Lex Fridman28 views
40:57at and did this kind of cheering or not cheering based on policy and- ... and whether the emperor is popular or not. This was democracy.41:07Uh, I apologize to use that term, but- ... in our conception of what that means, because what do we mean by democracy in the modern day is that the people somehow have a41:26- Yes. Now, we can talk about modern democracy if you, if you want. That's a, that's a, I have, I have my own views about- ... modern democracy, and, and, you know, how it works an