Frank Furedi is a Professor of sociology at the University of Kent.


0:16 – What is Democracy, and why is it moral?

1:54 – Is mass ignorance an argument against democracy?

4:09 – “Democracy is mob rule”

5:17 – “How can you delegate rights you don’t have?”

7:25 – Rational ignorance – Bryan Caplan, The Myth of the Rational Voter

10:36 – Against Democracy by Jason Brennan

12:49 – Democracy blurs potential “class-consciousness”

16:13 – The problem is not nobility, but the double standard of statism

18:33 – Owners v. temporary caretakers

22:04 – Popularity contests result in perversions of truth, justice, & beauty

24:13 – Do government schools bias the minds of the citizens in favor of the government?

27:33 – “Democracy makes accountability impossible”

30:31 – Do you support world democracy?

33:01 – Voluntary democracy v. involuntary democracy – Worker cooperatives – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_cooperatives

34:57 – Are “American values” unique?

38:00 – Double standards when it comes to the west

41:49 – How can I become an informed voter / democratic participant

45:11 – Major takeaways from the work of Edward Bernays

47:14 – The thesis of How Fear Works

50:17 – Book recommendations to think logically with regards to fear?

53:10 – Final message about democracy