Are we facing a challenge to democracy? (podcast)

Published: Oct. 1, 2022, 3 p.m.

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On the Synergy Connection podcast, Lucy Forsting and I take a therapeutic perspective on the anxiety we are all experiencing as we look at the financial, political, and health concerns of the world.

David Leonhardt, in an article for the New York Times (Sept. 17, 2022), says the views of the nation are no longer being considered for the \\u201cgood of the whole\\u201d.\\xa0 This would appear to be true throughout the world, with no answers on the horizon. This is creating a storm of increasing anxiety for people of all ages.

\\u201cThese sharp disagreements have led many Americans to doubt the country\\u2019s system of government. In a recent poll by Quinnipiac University, 69 percent of Democrats and 69 percent of Republicans said that democracy was \\u2018in danger of collapse.\\u2019\\u201d \\u2014 David Leonhardt, from \\u2018A Crisis Coming,\\u2019 The Twin Threats to American Democracy

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