ASTRA TAYLOR, What is Democracy? Is it alive and well?
ASTRA TAYLOR takes democracy seriously. In her documentary WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? and the companion book, Democracy May Not Exist, But We\u2019ll Miss It When It\u2019s Gone, she explores its early roots as well as its current embattled state. She reminds us that real democracy\u2014fully inclusive and egalitarian\u2014has never existed. Both ancient Athens and the original US were slave states. Can we restore rule of the people to the current American rule of the wealthy? Can democracy handle big challenges like the Coronovirus pandemic and climate change?