Have we have reached an all-time low in terms of trusting our politicians and the media? Are we caught in a downward spiral that must end in institutional decay or even civil war, or can we restore trust through our shared social institutions?
Recorded October 23, 2020
Kevin Vallier, author, political philosopher and libertarian blogger at Bowling Green State University tackles this question as Americans go about selecting a new leader.
Jane Mansbridge is a Harvard political scientist and one of the world’s most prominent scholars of democratic theory.
She warns, “Listening only to one’s own side can generate dangerous amounts of unrealism.”
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