1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,279 Speaker 1: Is it just me or does it feel like democracy 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: is somewhat under threat or at risk? Just reading the 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: international news headlines day in, day out, it feels precarious. 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Trump over the weekend, if you missed it, is saying that, 5 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: and he's probably joking. You know, you didn't never really 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: tell with Donald Trump, but suggesting that he might fix 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: the next election. 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: Listen, you won't have to do it anymore four more years, 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: you know what, It'll be fixed. It'll be fine. You 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: won't have to vote anymore. Of my beautiful Christians. I 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you. Get out. 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: you're not gonna have to vote. 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: So there's Trump, and then you've got a barely functioning 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: Joe Biden and the White House. Are these the shining 17 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: beacons of democracy we can hold up as our post 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: to kids? I don't think so. And then there's if 19 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: you look apart from the Olympics in France, once the 20 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: election result there has left them basically in limbo. I mean, 21 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: who is actually running the government? 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: You know? 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: The Olympics is kind of the spectacle. That's a side show, 24 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: but really who's running the place? And there's such an 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: extreme spectrum from that vote that they had. You've had 26 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: Hungary's Victor Aorbarne at the weekend talking about nationalism. You 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: know his pertians mate. He says, there's a shift in 28 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: global power underway. In a few decades or centuries. He 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: reckons Asia will be the center of the world. The 30 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: future big powers China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia. The West has 31 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: pushed Russia towards this block of countries, he reckons. The 32 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistants says half of 33 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: the world's countries are suffering democratic decline. They say things 34 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: like flawed elections and curtailed rights of freedom and assembly 35 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: and speech are reducing the power of democracy across the world. 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: And this is six concepts hit of years off the clients. 37 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: They say, So, I don't really know what the conclusion 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: of all that is, other than I suppose just keep 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: watching the Olympics and forget about it. 40 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: For more from Newstalk st B, listen live on air 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 3: or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you go. 42 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: With our podcasts on iHeartRadio