A "More Perfect" Union
American Diplomat
English - September 28, 2023 16:59 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsEducation Government travel diplomacy diplomat foreign international Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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No union is perfect, but it helps to try. Authoritarians worldwide exploit their citizens' need for public safety to gain and hold power. If you can't walk out of the house at night, bring the guy who makes the streets safe! But then what happens when your loved ones start to disappear? Pete and John Feeley discuss recent examples in the Western Hemisphere, but the phenomenon threatens democracies and human rights worldwide.