Are Lies & Hate the Cost of Democracy—or Its Death?
Modern political 'nastiness' is characterized by large-scale disinformation, dehumanization, and norm destruction, supercharged by technology. Are they dangerous and deliberate choices or unavoidable forces of nature?
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Toxic Politics: New or Normal?
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0:00 Why Politics Has Always Been Nasty
1:36 Why Today’s Toxic Politics Is Different
3:25 Political Smears Are Nothing New
4:08 Disinformation Threatens Democracy
4:46 Polarization Runs Deeper Than Fake News
5:49 Dangerous Words Fuel Real-World Violence
6:45 Conflict Can Drive Political Change
7:29 Toxic Conflict Destroys Trust in Democracy
8:16 Power and ‘Us vs Them’ Psychology
9:11 Why Reputation and Truth Still Matter
9:50 Propaganda and Political Performance
10:50 Defending Facts and Democratic Processes
11:52 Nastiness as Political Reality
12:54 Choosing a Better Political Path
FOOTNOTES
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1. http://academics.wellesley.edu/ClassicalStudies/CLCV102/Thucydides--MelianDialogue.html
2. Hinard, Proscriptions, pp. 35–37. Les proscriptions de la Rome républicaine, François Hinard
3. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/machiavelli/works/prince/ch18.htm
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