Presidential Lecture: Daniel Ziblatt, Bestselling Author of ‘How Democracies Die’

Join us October 26, 2022 from 5:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m. Is our democracy in danger? In the bestselling “How Democracies Die,” Harvard Professors Daniel Ziblatt and his co-author, Steven Levitsky - who spent two decades studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America - write that they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang - in a revolution or military coup - but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms.

[@nigelloughnan9276]

Here here! The first American I’ve heard who realises the obvious (to the rest of us) weaknesses of the US constitution behind the recent extremism and the urgent need to democratise the system itself.

[@vhyomet620]

5:15 start

[@megorourke668]

Any chance the audio can be fixed here? Seems very quiet and hard to hear. Thanks!

[@tor-erikbakke1352]

Seems okay to me relatively to other youtube channels.

[@adamhustler3639]

I really don't know how you can talk about polarization as a cause of democratic death without looking at economic inequality as a cause of heightened polarization.

[@larryleerowley3838]

He did talk about economic inequality.

[@rbettsx]

The density of advertising in this recording is shameful, for an academic institution.

[@benicia21]

6:32 - oh right, because Hilary was not rightfully anointed president, democracy is a risk……. Harvard sure has some big brained professors

[@rbettsx]

I've been back and listened to this passage 2 or 3 times. It concerns the rhetoric and behavior of Donald Trump once legitimately elected. At no point does it even remotely imply that Hilary Clinton should have been anointed president.