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Episode 365: Democracy Might Not Be a Good Thing
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The Trump vs Biden election of 2020 was noteworthy because, for so many voters, it wasn’t a matter of selecting the person they thought was best suited for the job so much as a matter of selecting the person they thought was least ill-suited. As if it isn’t weird enough that, out of 200 million or so adults, the best we could do was to bring Trump and Biden to the fore, here we are in 2024 apparently set to do the same thing all over again.
Foolishness of the Week: 09:10 Main episode: 13:33
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/06/trump-election-case-appeals-court-denies-ex-president-immunity.html
Foolishness of the Week https://studyfinds.org/mixed-reality-headsets/
Topic of the Week https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-trump-campaign-longest-ever-age-7e849b34 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102189/voter-turnout-us-presidential-primaries-state/
Words & Numbers Backstage https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/
More James at Smoke & Stories https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjILow4-ZJpBV-NnmSusZJ_vCuzKUJ4Ig
More Ant on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/antonydavies
Let Us Know What You Think mailto:wordsandnumberspodcast@gmail.com
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James R. Harrigan on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan
#AntonyDavies #JamesRHarrigan #WordsAndNumbers #economics #government #politics #policy #libertarian #classicalliberal #podcast #educational
463 episodes
Manage episode 399728788 series 1538847
The Trump vs Biden election of 2020 was noteworthy because, for so many voters, it wasn’t a matter of selecting the person they thought was best suited for the job so much as a matter of selecting the person they thought was least ill-suited. As if it isn’t weird enough that, out of 200 million or so adults, the best we could do was to bring Trump and Biden to the fore, here we are in 2024 apparently set to do the same thing all over again.
Foolishness of the Week: 09:10 Main episode: 13:33
Get Your Copy of Cooperation and Coercion Now! http://www.cooperationandcoercion.com
See More Ant and James! http://www.wordsandnumbers.org
Show Your Support for Words & Numbers at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/wordsandnumbers
Quick Hits
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/06/trump-election-case-appeals-court-denies-ex-president-immunity.html
Foolishness of the Week https://studyfinds.org/mixed-reality-headsets/
Topic of the Week https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-trump-campaign-longest-ever-age-7e849b34 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102189/voter-turnout-us-presidential-primaries-state/
Words & Numbers Backstage https://www.facebook.com/groups/130029457649243/
More James at Smoke & Stories https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjILow4-ZJpBV-NnmSusZJ_vCuzKUJ4Ig
More Ant on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/antonydavies
Let Us Know What You Think mailto:wordsandnumberspodcast@gmail.com
Antony Davies on Twitter https://twitter.com/antonydavies
James R. Harrigan on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesRHarrigan
#AntonyDavies #JamesRHarrigan #WordsAndNumbers #economics #government #politics #policy #libertarian #classicalliberal #podcast #educational
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