Will Democracy Win? Barack Obama in Conversation with Christiane Amanpour | Amanpour and Company
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- From the heart of Athens, Christiane Amanpour sits down with former U.S. president Barack Obama, who has devoted his post-presidency to strengthening the foundations of democracy at home and abroad. Six years since the end of his second term in office, there is compelling evidence worldwide that democracy is wavering. The former president is raising the alarm and calling on his foundation to celebrate the next generation of democratic leaders. In an exclusive conversation with Barack Obama in Athens’ SNF cultural center, Christiane asks the question: Will democracy claw its way back?
Originally aired on June 23, 2023
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I watched the entire program on CNN last night. Really good. Reminded us that we're all responsible for democracy to work. Inspiring to see the young women taking on the work as leaders of the future.
The local PBS affiliate in Guam got a TH-cam channel who airs live at 11 pm local time (Sat. 9 am ET). Very interesting. #AmanpourPBS
Pull apart will happen to the USA. India will add Pakistan in it.
Gay pride party 🏳️🌈
@@htatesil4192 Barry and Michael will love that.
Mind Begs the Question:
If India red flag one of its Govts
To be Fascists
If Kissinger/USA,Israel,WEF support that Govt
As siding with Hitler,no?
I don't know why President Obama just tickles your insight and smart gene but he does. He puts a beautiful Rx on difficult circumstances with his words.
That's incredibly funny.
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I love that ...
yeah!
President Obama and Michelle are never miss viewing event.
Thank you, Christiane Amanpour, for another brilliant interview.
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It will win if they even out the wealth curve. And might want to straighten out the Supreme Court.
Register and vote people or we could end up living in a dictatorship. And don't just vote for president. You have to vote in every primary and every local race.
We have. Elections have been rigged for the last 20+ years. It will continue until something is done about it.
We already are. It's called corporate oligarchy. In other words, the same family last names own the nation. The Bushes are one example. Just look closer at the same names of the Democrats who are the puppets of oligarchs.
What's beautiful is that our forefathers anticipated wealth & power getting out of control and put strategies in place for moments of unbelievable circumstances that could occur if the balances of power prestige, pressure and politics became a runaway train..you really have to respect the style that they put together to keep us civil and accountable
Remember folks, it was not until Obama administration the whole trans got pushed into the country. These are facts.
Bro shows democracy perfectly in iraq
Unfortunately, Citizen United more than offset any change he could get. We are a Plutocracy now.
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Finally a relevant response. Thank you @tradeprosper5002. So so so much else we should expect from a leader on this type of platform, in terms of substantive ideas, thoughts, and dare I say proposed or even suggestions for solutions. What we're served with here by the former president are more hyperbolic platitudes I'm left very disappointed from this five minute clip, but not shocked at all. The "fight" for democracy posited here can only be in the form of a complete revolution bloody revolution that latter boomers like myself were politically sanctioned to at least begin, but failed to take up. To Ms. Amanpour, still my complete respect and captivated devotion. Thank you and God bless.
That didn't happen over night. Started in 1976. With Buckley v Valeo. Then another in 78
Remember folks, it was not until Obama administration the whole trans got pushed into the country. These are facts.
All news shows should be as vetted and excellent as Amanpour and Company. Thank you.
Remember folks, it was not until Obama administration the whole trans got pushed into the country. These are facts
Good morning ❤😊
Excellent program - thank you.
Democracy Wins! Historical Facts have long paved our progress and achieved the highest ideals, " it is always worthy ", for principles and values to be enshrined. Rules to the game apply to everyone, no one is above the law , taking the oath of office is a serious task, thank you Christiane Amanpour and President Barack Obama.
Where's big Mike?
So happy he’s fighting for democracy , I do in my small circle … not easy as there’s a lot organized deliberate misinformation, lack of analysis, and empathy & sadly equating a better life with any change ! Wow scarry times
Seek help for those delusions.
He fights for his foundation, @normadenys. Just like his predecessors. Amen, however for your presumably informed, analytical, and empathetic circle of people and ideas that by God's grace will sufficiently proliferate for a less scary future.
I miss President Obama. He is a man of great wisdom. God's Blessings Always upon him and his family.❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
That's what pisses me off the most.People with total lack of common sense.Obama was nothing but a dictator and a liar.He seduced people with his tongue but if you have common sense then it was extremely easy to figure out what he was all about.He talked a good game but that's all he ever was talk and lies.Hes not from here and doesnt care about the united states which is why he successfully took some of our rights even though he tried to get alot more.I never will forget him bagging George Bush for the debt he made and then making his speech about how "wteckless,irresponsibke and unpatriotic " bush was and then proceeded to double that dept himself more than all previous presidents combined and then he has the nerve to walk around like he was the best thing this country has ever seen. Hes nothing but a pos.Always has been and always will be!
Remember folks, it was not until Obama administration the whole trans got pushed into the country. These are facts.
Democracy? The demigods don’t even know what it means
Damn Obama has aged a lot since he left office.
😂😂😂 all those deaths he's responsible for
He bombed innocent people to death. Keeps him awake at night, I guess.
Haven't we all!
You know it's starting to look to me like the ideal of democracy is becoming as hard to implement as the ideal of free markets. Actual free markets don't exist in real life. They are an academic construct used as a tool to try and understand human economic behavior. But we still try to create them when we get the chance. Pure democracy really doesn't exist either. Most people don't know who their congressman is, or the state assemblyman. But we still like to think that by voting our needs and wishes are being heard. I doubt it. (Big donors wishes are being heard.) So real life attempts at democracy are messy and imperfect. But what's the alternative? Authoritarianism? Oligarchy? Monarchy? I guess we'll just have to learn to be happy with the mess.
A free press is important. It says a lot about a country.
Obama prosecuted more whistleblowers and journalists than all Presidents combined.
Pure democracies (and I'm guessing you mean direct democracies) might not exist, but there are systems of government much more representative and democratic than our own (assuming you mean the USA). The USA is unique among developed democracies in that the upper house of our legislature has far more power than any of its counterparts abroad. Moreover, the senate is incredibly unrepresentative of the population as a whole. That far moreso than money in politics is why policy is so far removed from what people actually want.
We do not "have to learn to be happy with the mess". We can think critically about our constitution and this nation's founding and instead demand a one-person-one-vote democracy.
I certainly hear you @jayski9410, but I hope that we the people don't become any more complacent than your well taken observant reasoning would suggest.
WELL,,,,I WOULDNT’NT. SAY THAT,,,I MEAN,,WERE’NT OUR,,FOR FATHERS,,AWARE OF,,WHATS GOING ON,,RIGHT NOW???? BECAUSE,,I BELIEVE THAT,,THEY,,DEFINITELY,,WERE,,,ACTUALLY,,WERENT THE,,CONSTITUTION,,A PEICE TO,,PREVENT THAT???
I am afraid that we will loose our democracy
YEA,,,SOMETIMES,,,I’m,,ABSOLUTELY,,WITH YOU,,,,
President Obama remains an intelligent voice of reason in this chaotic time.
Partners in crime. th-cam.com/video/jPUFwmZN9eo/w-d-xo.html
YUP,,,ON,,BOTH,,SIDES!!!! IT’S ABSOLUTELY,,IMPORTANT!!!! OUR DEMOCRACY,,WON’T,,WORK,,ANY OTHER WAY,,,,,
The first thing you need to do is determine what constitutes a democracy, and that is an intended pun, because to constitute means to form or assemble, and the only thing formed and assembled by the Constitution of the United States is congress as a legislative assembly of the States governed by legislative processes to reach a majority consensus of all the States as the Union.
Next you must understand that democracy and government are not a competition which can be won, it’s about consensus choice to make collective decisions, and cannot be assembled by competitive partisan elections to determine the composition and control of our governing institutions, the composition and distribution of power through rights of suffrage must be, and is, specified unalterably by the Constitution of the United States, and it’s was designed to account for population growth and migration between the States, but the Senate where the States are assembled as equals with equal suffrage to reach a majority consensus, a discrete democracy, was designed for continuity and stability of government, legislative checks and balances, and to be free of corruption and conflicts of interest related to party affiliation.
Congress is n assembly of the States to meet to discuss matters of a common interest, only the States are members of Congress, only the States are apportioned representation and suffrage to participate in the legislative processes of congress, only the States can reach a majority consensus of all the States for assent to make any choice or decision, improperly consolidating the representation and suffrage of the States in congress to determine composition and control of our legislative institutions, especially the Senate, is totally unconstitutional as it violates Articles 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United States.
We have divided, partisan, dysfunctional government because we assemble divided, partisan, dysfunctional government. The parties are not members of the Union, the parties are not members of congress, the parties are not apportioned representation and suffrage to participate in the legislative processes in congress to reach a bipartisan majority consensus. The two party is an abomination that we should no longer tolerate.
A democracy is a legislative assembly, the republican forms of government are legislative assemblies, and the united States, in congress assembled is a legislative assembly, making our system a legislative system of government governed by legislative processes to reach a majority consensus of all the States as the Union and Established Government Authority, the Union which makes our Government the United States of America, and as such the legislative authority necessarily predominates, every civil officer up to and including the President of the United States serves the Union, which is assembled in Congress!
That’s where you will find our democracy, not in your imaginary political monopoly house rules of what constitutes a democracy!
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Obama is absolutely correct in that in order for democracy to grow and thrive - it must involve an active citzenry who are engaged at all levels.
aku tunggu di rumah,,darling,, 😊,,ny,, barack asia obama"s
What's wrong with my mobile? People speaking seem stilted
Lips not moving with what person is speaking?
Oh you have a Nokia. Sorry
You’re high.
4:25
😊😁😊4:30-4:38, hmm someone in green once said, “we’ll change the rules” on the Face. It’s over!!! Rev3:21,Rev 3:8😊🤐
Here Mr. President, let me help you out because you seemed to struggle a bit with the question...
Purging voter rolls, requiring ID to vote, striping election responsibilities from election officials, peddling false claims of voter fraud, eliminating mail-in ballots, eliminating drop boxes, reducing the number of polling places, shorting registration times, shorting voting hours.
In other words, all steps to remove fraud from elections. Or do you really require EVERYONE to vote, in order to win?
YUP,,,THERE. ALL ,,republicans/ maga,,VOTERS,,,
I heard you ask about doing the "work"? Crying or working?
It should be both.
* Young people don't want to do anything but blame. I'm used to be liberal!!!
People must forget his speeches threatening Russia
Russia is the enemy
Oh no, I remember them fondly... it's the boot-licking from Trump I try to forget.
The US "experiment" is like somebody winning on the slot machine but they keep playing with their winnings and eventually lose everthing.
WELL,,,,,,,,NOT,,ALWAYS,,,,JUST REMEMBER,,,,,OUR,,DEMOCRACY,,IS,,LIKE A NEW BORN,,BABY,,,IT’S,,BRAND NEW,,,FRESH,,IF YOU,,WILL,,,
TOTALLY,,UN TESTED,,,HOPEFULLY,,IT’LL BE. OK,,,,
“Our federal institutions are creaky. We have to reform them.” Who had been an enabler in making them “creaky” under his lawless rule?
Nice set, Barry. Gitmo for you.
Guantanamo, where individuals were held indefinitely, without charge, while simultaneously being tortured by the CIA.
@@kevinjenner9502 my mistake. There are many charges against Bathhouse Barry.
One can only dream.
O único regime politico que daria certo é o regime do amor ao próximo, ou seja A Regra de Ouro, mas esse ninguém quer implantar.......
黒田慶樹には愛人がいる
Love this guy but he continues to beat around the bush when there’s factual evidence in his face … I guess he has to be this way but it’s sad that he can’t speak his mind ….
這是我的應對，我不知道，什麽是錢跟權交易買賣，我把他命名為是一種地點，待查證之後再做肯定今起錢跟權，我命名為，未肯定的未知數，因為我賺到很多錢跟權，進帳真的是未肯定數據，我們依事實查証事實，今起錢跟權類別為？問號無法肯定類別，，總統府就是？未肯定類別，這是依事實，總統府會吃人民，這絕對不是我們創造共同約定的權方，#入本添房許永吉立文
1st. This man is wise and has a wonderful legacy compared to others.
th-cam.com/video/abCkOe5KGxI/w-d-xo.html Discussing Obama’s war crimes in the Syrian Civil War on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. (CIA regime change, proxy war. Operation Timber Sycamore (2012-2017)
His legacy is giving us Donald Trump as President. And helping rig a democratic primary.
Also a legacy of Status-Quo that did not change virtually anyone’s lives for the better. Literally the only good thing he did over 8 years was in his 1st year, he got preexisting-conditions patients to not be as extorted by insurance companies. He didn’t do much at all after that, besides give us Trump.
@@blackout07blue Yes he did more than that. He handed over our military weapons to the enemy. He created ISIS. The list goes on. He committed treason more than any other president in history.
They drag out Barry when the Democrats get frightened.
WOW,,,YOU,,maga/ ol trumper ,,,PERSON,,,,REALLY???? DOES HE,,,REALLY,,SCARE YOU,,THAT MUCH???? BECAUSE,,I’m,A ,,PROUD,,DEMOCRAT/INDEPENDENT VOTER,,
نحن.اتيالنكتب.لاشعب.لا.للسياسين.والنافذين.ومنهم.المتقاعدين.ليردوننا.تحت.صيترتهم.افعل.ولا.تفعل.المختلسون.اللتلفون.راء.السياسه.وان.تخلو.مكان.افدوه.ما.معنا.بريتال.هم.اللمتقاعدين.لاخذ.اموال.الناس.ضلما.وبهتان.هذا.لن.يكون.ابدا
Good news
He never goes away .......
That's good🙌
a really great guy, miss him, class act. intelligent. humble.
Married to a tranny, made trips to Epstein Island. Class act.
Pull apart will happen to the USA. India will add Pakistan in it. Obama sounds like Osama .
Obama Putin's accomplice. Millions killed in Syria Millions killed in Ukraine on Obama's own. Burn in hell.
I'm South African and I miss him!
Why they are still talking about Trump?!! They are obsessed with Trump!!!😂😂😂😂😂
They're afraid of him and for good reason.
Fighting for democracy but he droned innocent civilians to death. A mass murderer being asked about democracy. Laughable.
Over the target. Anyone who believes Obama isn't the second most corrupt deceitful President (behind only Biden) is not playing with a full deck. We had years of investigations and holding Trump's feet to the fire (and rightly so), but where is the same level of effort by the corporate establishment media to do the same to Democrat leaders? All we are asking for is equal application of the law!
Obama is a Legend!!!
He should be arrested for starting the Syria War which killed thousands. Not to mention the Libya War.
Yup
God I miss Obama Days ❤ remember before the chaos every day? When we knew America was in good hands? Those were the days my friend 🇺🇸❤️😎
Obama Putin's accomplice. Millions killed in Syria Millions killed in Ukraine on Obama's own. Burn in hell.
America is in good hands now.
It was just handling your perception. Don't go beneath the surface because all kinds of horrid things there not reported on. That is what the media does, hide things.
@@steveb796 🤣 That's comical.
@@blahblahblahblah6919 keep crying. You’ll never be a success
Yes you're right. They're not nice. Ok, so now what are you going to do? Bring massage oil to a gunfight?
Slammer time to a fiendish being
People talking about him like some kind of angel….while he bombed innocent people and facilitated the destruction of Libya, a strong standing country. People are so blind…..
I voted for President Obama, it was the greatest mistake I ever made! I learned how to transition from communist to Fascist!
WELL,,,SO SORRY,,BUT,,IT’S,,,DEFINITELY,,NOT ,,WORKING,,,,,
Words mean something; unless they come from Obama.
Clownbama
Thank u President Obama you are the best
Pull apart will happen to the USA. India will add Pakistan in it.
Blah blah blah....He destroyed race relations we live with today. He is in his third term today..FJB
Trump lost. He was the worst president in history.