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- Apr 2022
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barackobama.medium.com barackobama.medium.com
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One of those factors is globalization which has helped lift hundreds and millions out of poverty, most notably in China and India, but which, along with automation has also ended entire economies, accelerated global inequality, and left millions of others feeling betrayed and angry at existing political institutions.
An awareness of other structural, economic issues that are weakening democracy: Globalization, Automation, Inequality.
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increased mobility and urbanization of modern life, which further shakes up societies, including existing family structures and gender roles
Another possible structural cause of weakened democracy, though I'm not sure how urbanization leads to a decrease in communal glue.
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chronic political dysfunction, here in the U.S. and in Europe
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pluralistic.net pluralistic.net
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Obama's Stanford University speech this Thursday
Read a full-text transcription of Obama's 21 April 2022 speech at Stanford University and engage in its annotated discussion.
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