{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"14 - The King Is Dead, Now What? The 250-Year Struggle for Democracy (Part 3)","description":"Breaking news: The Soviet Union has collapsed! The Berlin Wall has crumbled! Communism has fallen! Capitalism wins! USA! USA! But wait\u2026 what\u2019s this? Russia has been overtaken by oligarchs and an authoritarian dictator. Oh no\u2026 Well, at least that could never happen in the United States. Right? This is the climactic Part Three of our three-part series on the history of the left\/right political spectrum. After the youth protests of the 1960s failed to topple governments, left-wing radicalism shifted its focus\u2014from revolution to championing social equality through pop culture. But as culture wars raged, neoliberalism\u2014liberalism and capitalism\u2019s love child\u2014conquered the globe, fueling deregulation, rising corporate power, and deepening economic divides that hollowed out democracy itself. Just three decades after the Cold War, the old adversaries\u2014Russia and the U.S.\u2014found themselves on eerily parallel paths, ushering in a new era of oligarchy and a return to right-wing rule\u2014like the one the French Revolution fought against all those years ago. Join us as we trace how the world drifted from dreams of liberation to authoritarian control\u2014and how a new generation began planting the seeds of liberty and equality once again. &amp;nbsp; If you\u2019d like to support&amp;nbsp;Human Nature Odyssey, please subscribe wherever you listen, leave a review, and join us on Patreon for exclusive audio extras, writings, and notes. For full episode transcripts, essays, and additional context, visit:  resilience.org\/human-nature-odyssey-podcast &amp;nbsp; CITATIONS \u201cVietnam War.\u201d Encyclopaedia Britannica.&amp;nbsp; \u201cVietnam War U.S. Military Fatal Casualty Statistics.\u201d National Archives.&amp;nbsp; Thatcher, Margaret. Speech to the Conservative Women\u2019s Conference. May 21, 1980. Wong, Edward. \u201cChina\u2019s Black Cat, White Cat Diplomacy.\u201d Foreign Policy, July 10, 2009.&amp;nbsp; Reagan, Ronald. Speech at Reagan-Bush Rally in Warren, Michigan. October 10, 1984. \u201cDistribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989.\u201d Federal Reserve.&amp;nbsp; Davidson, Amy. \u201cExploring Occupy Wall Street\u2019s Adbusters Origins.\u201d NPR, October 20, 2011. \u201cYouth Voting in 2016 Primaries and Caucuses.\u201d CIRCLE, Tufts University.&amp;nbsp; Kestenbaum, David. \u201cHow Shock Therapy Created Russian Oligarchs and Paved the Path for Putin.\u201d NPR, March 22, 2022. Steele, Jonathan. \u201cHow Football Conquered Russia.\u201d The Guardian, July 2, 2003. Harding, Luke. \u201cRoman Abramovich: The Billionaire Oligarch with a Backstory Shrouded in Secrecy.\u201d The Guardian, March 21, 2022. Keats, Jonathon. \u201cDesign of Dissent.\u201d Forbes, October 28, 2019.&amp;nbsp; Birnbaum, Michael. \u201cOccupy Wall Street Protests Go Global.\u201d The Washington Post, October 15, 2011.&amp;nbsp; Jojo Rabbit. 2019. Directed by Taika Waititi. &amp;nbsp; Music: Celestial Soda Pop By: Ray Lynch From the album: Deep Breakfast Courtesy Ray Lynch Productions \u00a9 \u24c5 1984\/BMI&amp;nbsp; All rights reserved. ","author_name":"Human Nature Odyssey","author_url":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/human-nature-odyssey-podcast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37508230\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/193435135"}