Let's Save Democracy! Breaking the Doom Loop, Before It's Too Late

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Created: 15 Feb, 2020
Updated: 14 Aug, 2022
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An informative and entertaining discussion with political scientist, speaker, and author, Lee Drutman. Our country's current political situation is precarious, but there is a way to pull America back from the cliff.Lee is a Senior Fellow at New America, contributor to the New York Times, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, and the Atlantic, as well as author of the new book "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multi-Party Democracy in America." In this thought-provoking talk, author Jim Duncan picks Lee's brain on why moving to a multi-party system in America is essential if we wish to keep our democracy alive, as well as what we, as independent thinkers, can do to make it happen.

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