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Manda Scott

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
390 total appearances

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Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

They're voting based on their political persuasion.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Finally, I'll say one more thing.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

You know, the founders of the U.S.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Constitution were deeply afraid of tyranny.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Most people don't know they were also deeply afraid of democracy.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

That's why if you look at the original US Constitution, all kinds of guards against the people, because they were afraid that a demagogue could mislead people.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

and lead them in the wrong direction.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Of course, their very fear happened here.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

That's why freedom of the press was so important to them and freedom of speech.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And those things must be, again, the first things to go in a democracy that dies is freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And that's where the battle must be fought.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Because if you have the rule of law and you have the freedom of the press and you have the freedom of speech, I think democracies tend to self-correct.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

Those are in danger in the United States.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

But as Suzette said, there's a lot of people taking to the streets and I think we'll take to the polls to try to stop that.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

And I do think Gore is right in terms of how Americans see Trump.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

We are post-peak Trump.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

I still believe he'll be the most unpopular president in American history by the time he leaves office.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

That's my prediction.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

I'm very afraid of what's going to happen in the meantime.

Accidental Gods
Seeing Round Corners: Upgrading Democracy with Suzette Masters and Dr John Izzo

So I'll pick up on a couple of themes that both of you have raised.