Hearing the Other Side: Democracy v. Libertarianism. Frank Furedi & Keith Knight

03/12/2020 54 min

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Professor of sociology at the University of Kent
https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Under-Siege-Dont-Them/dp/1789046289/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Democracy+Under+Siege&qid=1606774616&s=books&sr=1-1

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0:16 - What is Democracy, and why is it moral?  
1:54 - Is mass ignorance an argument against democracy?  
4:09 - “Democracy is mob rule”  
5:17 - “How can you delegate rights you don’t have?”  
7:25 - Rational ignorance - Bryan Caplan, The Myth of the Rational Voter  
10:36 - Against Democracy by Jason Brennan  
12:49 - Democracy blurs potential “class-consciousness”  
16:13 - The problem is not nobility, but the double standard of statism  
18:33 - Owners v. temporary caretakers  
22:04 - Popularity contests result in perversions of truth, justice, & beauty   
24:13 - Do government schools bias the minds of the citizens in favor of the government?  
27:33 - “Democracy makes accountability impossible”  
30:31 - Do you support world democracy?  
33:01 - Voluntary democracy v. involuntary democracy - Worker cooperatives - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_cooperatives 
34:57 - Are “American values” unique?    
38:00 - Double standards when it comes to the west  
41:49 - How can I become an informed voter / democratic participant  
45:11 - Major takeaways from the work of Edward Bernays  
47:14 - The thesis of How Fear Works  
50:17 - Book recommendations to think logically with regards to fear?  
53:10 - Final message about democracy