Paul Weiss: Where All the Democrats Come From...
Simon Whistler · July 14, 2025 · 23 min video · Americas
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If you've ever felt as if life in a modern democracy doesn't seem all that em ocratic, well, that's because it isn't. From pedestrian-sounding issues like voter districting and campaign finance to lobbying invisible primaries and media manipulation, real life in a federal republic is a far cry from classical Athenian democracy.
Sometimes there is a practical joke with what would be the nonsense and chaos of a direct democracy populated by tens of millions, people are even more.
Sometimes the cause is unavoidable, the good, the bad, and the ugly of global progress all moves too fast for a lethargic government to keep up. And sometimes the reason is greed, corruption, self-interest, infecting political systems that were designed to honor a high ideal, but it didn't account for the messy little human bits.
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A billion-dollar firm that shaped liberal politics, staffed the Democratic elite, and backed Kamala Harris—until it shocked everyone by surrendering to Trump. The story of Paul Weiss, power and pivot.
