A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E85: Is American Democracy Over? (Patreon)

Do We Need A New System of Governance? On Lottocracy/Open Democracy, Kevin McCarthy, Extreme Polarization, & the Disunited States 

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Links:

An early look at possible successors to McCarthy for House speaker: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/possible-mccarthy-successors-house-speaker/index.html

Scalise and Jordan launch bids for House speaker after McCarthy ouster: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/politics/next-house-speaker-republicans-jim-jordan/index.html

Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader: https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555

The Wrecking-Ball Caucus: How the Far Right Brought Washington to Its Knees: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/us/republicans-congress-freedom-caucus.html

A Map of the ‘Disunited States’ Shows the Fears of Civil War–Era America: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-the-disunited-states

A New Look at the Often Barely United States: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/books/break-it-up-secession-richard-kreitner-interview.html

Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union: https://bookshop.org/p/books/break-it-up-secession-division-and-the-secret-history-of-america-s-imperfect-union-richard-kreitner/14620699?ean=9780316510608&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpompBhDZARIsAFD_Fp_Y7oma3I1f10W2i0z45_yRMw9IkEMIAW1uAguhpLwL2eiY4Wl5FckaAgwFEALw_wcB

The Disunited States of America (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disunited_States_of_America

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-disunited-states-of-america-a-novel-of-crosstime-traffic-harry-turtledove/7252804

Brexit: What you need to know about the UK leaving the EU: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-32810887

Brazil’s election: The rise and impact of populism: https://news.umich.edu/brazils-election-the-rise-and-impact-of-populism/

Politics Without Politicians: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/politics-without-politicians

Can “Lottocracy” Save Democracy From Itself? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/helene-landemore-open-democracy/

Can randomly selected citizens govern better than elected officials? https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22878118/jury-duty-citizens-assembly-lottocracy-open-democracy

Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century: https://bookshop.org/p/books/open-democracy-reinventing-popular-rule-for-the-twenty-first-century-helene-landemore/14461703?ean=9780691212395