Comments by "M.A.B." (@m.a.b.4104) on "New York Times Podcasts"
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18:23 The far right was a major cause of WW2, arguably larger than any other factors. Democracy is a bane to the far right, shown by their repeated pandering to dictators and continuous attempts to erode democratic institutions whenever they get the chance. This is why the decline in trust of these institutions is so dangerous and the work to maintain, rebuild trust in, strengthen and modernise democratic institutions is so important. To paraphrase the famous quote: in comparing types of government, democracy is messy and flawed but the alternatives are much worse. What will happen if we don't put in the work to reverse the widening wealth gap as well as start to fix other social problems caused by globalisation, greed is good madness, big money corrupting the political system, etc, etc? What is likely to happen is democratic institutions will continue to weaken, leaving the door open for more far right strong men and authoritarian regimes to take power behind a fake pretext of "freedom" and appeal to nostalgia of an unachievable "better" past that never really existed in the way they portray it (especially for those who weren't the privileged few who benefited the most). Once power is guaranteed, freedom becomes a very subjective term, more based on support/agreement for the far right leaders, those disagreeing will usually lose their freedoms.
Nothing good comes easy, we need to put in the work to keep and improve our modern democracies, because if we don't, the grifters, the corrupted power hungry, the nefarious, etc, will fill the gap.
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