HAVE WE LEFT IT TOO LATE TO SAVE DEMOCRACY? / DR DAVID THUNDER 23/08/2021 @ 17:00

The creeping erosion of so many of our long-held democratic rights and freedoms is becoming starker and more audacious by the day in the seemingly endless global response to Covid-19.

But what can we do as individuals?

Today I welcome back Dr David Thunder, researcher and lecturer in moral, political, and social philosophy at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture & Society, who last joined me on the Pandemic Podcast in March.

In a series of recent Tweets, he has been voicing his own growing concerns, saying: ‘We look on in disbelief as we see the ship of representative democracy begin to sink. Many of us feel sad, helpless, and frustrated because we see many of our fellow citizens consumed by fear and propaganda.’

He then starts to explore the options he believes are still open to us to take back control of our lives, reminding us that ‘a strong and well-organised civil society is a tyrant’s worst nightmare’.

Join me tonight at 5pm (BST) when we’ll unpick Dr Thunder’s analysis of what’s led us so frighteningly fast to where we are and how he believes we can turn the tide and rescue our rights before it’s too late.

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