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A vibrant rethinking of the most powerful political idea on earth - democracy - as seen through the lens of the most transformative political actions of our own time and the storyplot of how radical democracy can yet convert America. Democracy has been the American faith since prior to the Revolution - from New Britain town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive and then the wealthiest in our midst and leaves most People in america sense disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? In case the tools of our own democracy aren't attempting to solve the growing crises we face, how do we - average people - make change happen? David Graeber, one of the most important scholars and activists of his technology, takes listeners over a journey through the idea of democracy, provocatively reorienting our knowledge of pivotal historical occasions, and extracts their lessons for today - from the beginning of Athenian democracy and the founding of america of America to the global revolutions of the 20th hundred years and the rise of a fresh technology of activists. Root everything is a bracing discussion that when confronted with increasingly concentrated riches and electricity in this country, a reenergized, reconceived democracy - one based on consensus, equality, and wide-ranging participation - can yet provide us with the just, free, and good society we wish. The Democracy Project tells the storyplot of the resilience of the democratic soul and the adaptability of the democratic idea. It provides a fresh undertake vital history and an impassioned discussion that radical democracy is, as part of your, our best wish.
