Ronald E. Glenn
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The Demagogue's Playbook
- The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump
- By: Eric A. Posner
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Something is definitely wrong with Donald Trump’s presidency, but what exactly? The extraordinary negative reaction to Trump’s election - by conservative intellectuals, liberals, Democrats, and global leaders alike - goes beyond ordinary partisan and policy disagreements. It reflects genuine fear about the vitality of our constitutional system. The Founders, reaching back to classical precedents, feared that their experiment in mass self-government could produce a demagogue: a charismatic ruler who would gain and hold on to power by manipulating the public.
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History Everyone Should Be Aware Of
- By Ronald E. Glenn on 08-18-20
- The Demagogue's Playbook
- The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump
- By: Eric A. Posner
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
History Everyone Should Be Aware Of
Reviewed: 08-18-20
This is a needed book, in that it conveys entertained and successfully the history of people who rise up and take power to suit themselves in our country. A demagogue is not necessarily bad, but the ones we have had have been. There was something to the Founders’ view on actual democracy. Some might think that they have found the way to hack the republic through democracy to better gain their wants. And here are some examples.
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