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Synopsis
A series of short documentary essays on political failures, historical memory and the stories societies tell themselves as they try to understand their own decline. Includes “Why Do Civilizations Collapse?”; “Is Democracy in Danger? Tech Elites and The Dark Enlightenment”; “Does Economic Inequality Inevitably Lead to Political Inequality?” and “Shame and Pride in History”.
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