Thom Hartmann | What Could Possibly Go Right?

#24 Thom Hartmann: Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport

Thom Hartmann has been the nation's #1 progressive talk show host for over a decade. His program is live daily on radio stations, TV simulcasts and online all across the United States. He is also a four-time Project Censored-award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of 24 books in print.

Recorded in the lead up to the US presidential election, Thom shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? including:

-The Supreme Court decisions in the 1970s that paved the way for corporate money to influence political parties for decades since.

-The more obvious use of voter suppression as a tactic in this year’s election.

-The coalitions that exist in each party and how they interact.

-The “general misapprehension of the role of a politician, even among some politicians”.

-The “great man theory of history” doesn’t serve us well and we should look to elect towards a movement, rather than individual leader.

-That “democracy is not a spectator sport. It's about all of us getting involved, that everybody needs to get active and, Tag. You're it!"

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Okay, but let’s be fair: Taiwan is a small island nation with 24 million inhabitants. Much easier to keep a pandemic in check there than on one the size of half a continent with >10x the inhabitants - and way more diverse in views.