Don't Know Much

Dictators and Democracy: A Don’t Know Much About® Audio Minute

More than two thousand years ago, some Greek men gathered on a hill in Athens, raised their hands, and changed the world. 

Listen to a quick history of “people power” and the threat posed to democracy by a Strongman.

 

 

Read more in Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy

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