History Professor Answers: Is American Democracy Going to Die?

The internet asks, WIRED answers. Is American democracy going to die? Professor and scholar in fascism and authoritarianism Ruth Ben-Ghiat breaks down all of the key ingredients in a recipe for a dying democracy. From electoral manipulation through to a transfer-of-power crisis, Ruth reveals the hallmarks of a constitutional government in peril.

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00:00 – Is American democracy going to die?
00:45 – Electoral manipulation
02:44 – Weaponized government
04:48 – Press intimidation
07:18 – Normalization of extremism
10:24 – Transfer-of-power crisis
13:08 – However…

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