Get access to the Backroom exclusive Podcast on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/OneDime⁠ In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, political theorist Benjamin Studebaker comes on to discuss his book titled "The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way is Shut" Benjamin Studebaker got his PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge and he teaches contemporary political theory and the history of political thought. In the backroom segment on Patreon titled "Is Democracy Even Good?" Benjamin and I discuss Plato's critique of democracy and some of the themes of Democracy that I also analyze in my forthcoming book, "Liberal Totalitarianism: The Spectrum of Managed Democracy and What Makes The US Different." Buy Studebaker's book: https://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Crisis-American-Democracy-Shut-ebook/dp/B0BVZ7V4T6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Follow Studebaker on Twitter: https://x.com/BMStudebaker Follow me on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/1DimeOfficial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read more with Speechify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speechify.com/?source=fb-for-mobile&via=1Dime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support 1Dime on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get extra exclusive content.  Check out the 1Dime video essay series on democracy: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyytc2-LIrN7u8uSFcs7ye4ffptAkatoM&si=zRbs1BC_GBBlsFqs Be sure to give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating if you get value out of the show!