S4 E1: Rich Man's Revolt

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What kind of revolution was it, anyway? Was it about a desire to establish democracy—or something else?

By producer/host John Biewen with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Davy Arch, Barbara Duncan, Rob Shenk, and Woody Holton. Edited by Loretta Williams.

Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.

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0:00.0	The reality of this is that the president's apparent disregard for the rule of law has been
0:12.0	a theme.
0:13.0	This is in fact a violation of our democratic norms, of the separation of powers, and there's
0:17.1	so many other norms that President Trump.
0:18.9	And today, the country of James Madison has a leader who vilifies the media, making honest
0:24.6	journalists all over the world more vulnerable to abuse.
0:28.5	What am I proud as moments as when I looked at Barack Obama and the I, and I said, Mr.
0:32.4	President, you will not feel Mr. Supreme Court vacancy.
0:38.7	In the last few years, powerful people have assaulted some of the basic practices of democracy
0:44.8	in unusually brazen ways in a bunch of countries and certainly in the United States.
0:51.8	Millions of Americans don't seem to mind.
0:55.2	I mean, things have gotten pretty nuts out there.
0:58.3	I'm wondering if I could say this.
0:59.9	Never in my life did I think I would like to see a dictator, but if there's going to
1:03.7	be one, I want it to be Trump.
1:10.2	In the U.S. the question of whether our republic would survive came back as a real topic of
1:15.4	discussion.
1:17.1	In launching a formal impeachment process against Trump, democratic party leaders evoked the
1:22.3	small D word again and again.
1:24.9	The future of our democracy is at stake.
1:27.5	What is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy.
1:34.7	Our democracy.
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