Is Democracy Meaningless?

What IS democracy??
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The word ‘democracy’ gets thrown around a lot, but everyone seems to mean something different when they say it. What IS democracy? What does it actually mean?

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- Danielle Allen, Harvard University
- Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan
- Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame
- Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School
- Helena Rosenblatt Dhar, CUNY Graduate Center
- Alice Siu, Stanford University

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
3:14 Electoral
14:11 Liberal
22:34 Egalitarian
26:00 Participatory
31:14 People are stupid
37:01 Deliberative
44:47 The Cube

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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