341. Democracy in Chains with Marianne Williamson

What are the proper metrics of success for a society, and what happens when those metrics don’t align with our capitalist system bound by short-term profits? In this episode, spiritual teacher and former Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson discusses the urgent need for transformational leaders who can heal a democracy that is dangerously close to the precipice.

In this episode we cover:
0:05:34 – Transformational Leadership
0:06:08 – Death of Mahsa Amini
0:07:43 – Morality Police
0:08:33 – Islamic Fundamentalists
0:10:52 – Iranian Revolution
0:11:58 – Elijah McClain
0:12:58 – Black Lives Matter Protests
0:13:31 – Protests in Iran
0:14:25 – Persian Culture
0:16:13 – Contraction of Democracy
0:17:06 – Primacy of Property Rights
0:18:18 – Tyranny of the Minority
0:19:26 – Gerrymandering
0:20:20 – Citizens United
0:21:19 – Corporate Power
0:27:18 – Nonviolence
0:28:56 – Presidential Candidacy
0:32:04 – Neoliberalism
0:34:08 – Corruption
0:42:01 – Democracy
0:49:58 – NAFTA
0:52:05 – Marianne's Political Story
0:55:21 – Metrics of Societal Success
1:06:54 – Nonviolent Revolution
1:14:32 – Internal Purification
1:21:16 – Compassion

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