How healthy is Western democracy? And what can the West, especially America, learn from the feedback the world is giving to the West about the democracy it exports to the world and the democracy it runs at home. This week, leaders from China, Mexico, Zambia and Western countries have all raised concerns about the state of democracy in the West. Should we have a conversation about it? This episode discusses:
- a pulse test of Western democracy looking at events in Australia, France and the USA, and a survey of satisfaction with democracy in 17 Western countries
- the Chinese Foreign Ministry paper, "The State of Democracy in America: 2022"
- the Chinese political thinker, Meng Zi (or Mencius), and how his ideas inform both Chinese and Western style democracy
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93. The Health of Western Democracy Through the Eyes of China