Steven Levitsky – “Tyranny of the Minority” and Improving Our Democracy | The Daily Show

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Published on March 11, 2024

Harvard University professor Steven Levitsky, co-author of the bestsellers “Tyranny of the Minority” and “How Democracies Die,” joins Jon Stewart to talk about how the Founding Fathers shaped elected democracy through improvisation, the challenge of constitutional reform, and the importance of improving and evolving democratic institutions. #DailyShow #JonStewart #Constitution #Democracy

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19 comments

  • @abstract5249 2 months ago

    You know Jon Stewart is old when he refers to millennials as “kids.”😂The real kids who are going to change America are the zoomers. They’re the most progressive generation in U.S. history.

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  • @Stevenewmansa 2 months ago

    Jon talks about “what the kids say” and then says “Millennials”. I’m a Millennial and I turn 40 this year😂 Wonder when people will realise that millennials aren’t young😂

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  • @RubelliteFae 2 months ago

    Plato seems to have been correct about the Ship of State. Democracy isn’t guided by reason & intellect, but through rhetoric, riches, & intoxicants.

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  • @BearMeat4Dinner 2 months ago

    America has turned into a big joke. 😢

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  • @yeshaya24 2 months ago

    Two jews sitting in a tree…

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  • @nicolasstanley1392 2 months ago

    Think about the comparison of modern digital vs analog democracy, I was begging for them to get into this ;
    One is either on or off, right or wrong.
    One is more based in nearly infinite metered values within set parameters.
    Thoughts?

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  • @evfields24 2 months ago

    “They’re the ones that are going to save our multiracial democracy”

    Jon: “they better!”

    Now run for president like we want you to lol

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  • @sassyb58 2 months ago

    I love the author interviews! Missed these.

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  • @mick8888V 2 months ago

    The Constitution is archaic and has stayed that way due to Originalists and those who refuse to put flesh on the skeleton of freedom.

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  • @cdpeet 2 months ago

    Where were the questions about the book the man just wrote?

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  • @hhunstad2011 2 months ago

    👍

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  • @hobocaveman8740 2 months ago

    A democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner.

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  • @idoublefamily 2 months ago

    11-11

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  • @edspace2402 2 months ago

    A scholarly look at a fair democracy and the Constitution..?
    Just gotta wonder how long before it gets Banned by Florida / Moms for Liberty as “fake news”.

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  • @kellharris2491 2 months ago

    I tried explaining this to my cousin and he just went on and on about how the US was perfect and the better than any other country and system ever.

    In truth we were one of the first and other countries learned from us. Now some of it is terrible outdated. The blind nationalism of some of these people is disturbing.

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  • @jackrice2770 2 months ago

    I’m okay with a dictatorship…as long as I’m the dictator.

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  • @philwasson6406 2 months ago

    There were
    republics in the United provinces and Haiti

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  • @kennethbyrne3198 2 months ago

    #TrickleDown Lil Bush prez deregulated the oil ind. 1 thanksgiving day in a 30sec news break on ABC while the NFL played 6 oil men an lilG Bush it naver made the news that day or ever wen Bush took over from Clinton gas was under 2$ a gal wen Bush left office gas was 6$ a gal oil co’s last yr made 35Bil$ more than the yr b4 “profit” the price of gas is the economy

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  • @roc7880 2 months ago

    two minorities are tyrannical on both left and right, and the center is just timid.

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