Bo and Noah discuss two recent Aporia articles on the topic of democracy and whether it really exists: Alden Whitfeld’s ‘Taking Democracy off the Pedestal’ and Noah’s ‘Is China more democratic than the West?’
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:24 Discussion on Democracy and Elite Influence
05:31 Critiques and Methodology of Democracy Studies
11:50 Philosophical Views on Democracy
25:11 China's Democratic Perception
34:20 Analyzing Support for the Chinese Government
36:42 The Role of Immigration in Western Democracies
43:40 Populism and Political Representation
57:19 Democracy vs. Other Governance Systems
01:06:54 The Future of Political Participation
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