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Opposed to all of these little laws. if we don't start insisting on the directability of americans to choose their representatives, then we're going to find ourselves in the same place as these legalistic autocratic regimes that have emerged. >> the media plays a role in the spread of tyranny, i have been in countries where radio stations have been integral in rwanda in encouraging genocide, i was in bos nia, that is part of the process as well. what do you see happening here that are red flags or markers of destruction of a democracy? >> yeah, i mean, you mentioned the media. it's not just th...

Markers of -- of the destruction of a democracy? >> yeah, i mean, you mention the media. it's not just the media. it's the kind of media. so, from -- good example is -- is russia. if you let your media centralize into just a few outlets and if you let local news die, then it becomes -- becomes much harder for democracy to thrive because democracy depends on people being able to inform themselves act -- about -- about the truths, about the things that matter in their lives. we, in the u.s., have let local news die in the last 10 or 15 years and it's largely been replaced by facebook and very ce...