Great ExperimentYascha Mounk
Great Experiment
by Yascha Mounk · first published 2022
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That’s how it’s worked for nearly all of history. A decent read is this book (which was on obamas summer reading list one year): https://www.amazon.com/Great-Experiment-Diverse-Democracies-.... Diversity has never really worked before. Diversity has historically been used to keep populations divided allowing a smaller group to rule over them. Plenty of historical examples…
on “Is population density the reason Americans can't discuss politics?” ↗…were found to be involved in anti worker activities in the past. On top of that, you can find many books about how diverse democracies fail - here’s one from obamas reading list: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Experiment-Diverse-Democracies-... Additionally, here’s a quote from Aristotle on diversity: “ And it is a mark of a tyrant to have men of foreign extraction rather than citizens as guests at table and companions,…
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