Name: The Trouble with Our Democracy Part 2: The Causes - Objectivum Docs
Uploaded: 2022-01-16T17:45:25+00:00
Duration: 15 min 2 s
Description: In this video, I get into the details about the causes of our democracy declining. This is a complex topic and without question, it would be impossible to cover everything, but I am aiming to hit on w

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In this video, I get into the details about the causes of our democracy declining. This is a complex topic and without question, it would be impossible to cover everything, but I am aiming to hit on what are the most important aspects of this decline in American democracy. As always, I try to remain as objective as I possibly can.

In part three we will get into potential solutions for this issue.

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Recap of Part 1
0:57 Chapter 1: Causes of the Decline in Government Trust
1:11 Rapid Increase in the size of the Federal Government under FDR
1:29 The Destruction of Unions
3:35 Unpopular Wars
3:52 Assassinations and Conspiracy Theories
5:20 Nixon and Watergate
5:41 Continued Bad Wars
5:52 Surveillance State
6:00 Democratic Primary Rigging
6:41 Trump and Bad Rhetoric
7:40 Squandering our Economic Lead
8:10 Money in Politics
8:55 Gerrymandering
10:34 Chapter 2: Causes of Income Inequality
10:36 Reaganomics
11:55 Clintonomics
12:37 Post Clinton President's also failed to move away from Reaganomics
12:55 61% of Americans say Income Inequality is a problem
13:09 Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor
13:21 Chapter 3: Causes of Societal Polarization and Deep Dysfunctioning of the Federal Government
13:25 Proof of the Polarization
14:13 Origin of the Polarization
14:35 Conclusion and Outro