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EP 298 Adam Lake on Rebooting American Democracy

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Jim talks with Adam Lake about Reboot America, a project aimed at reforming American democracy. They discuss existential threats facing humanity, the two-party corporate duopoly, a Princeton study on policy preferences, first-past-the-post voting problems, campaign finance issues, social media's role in polarization, wealth & income inequality, Bernie Sanders's Fight Oligarchy tour, the Democratic Party's cultural baggage, Trump country perspectives, courage in leadership, how the quality of leadership has changed over time, the "politician's pledge" & its six points, ranked-choice voting, proportional representation systems, liquid democracy, the People's Agenda concept, lessons from the Emancipation Party & GameB, and much more. Episode Transcript The Politics Industry, by Katherine Gehl JRS EP219 with Katherine Gehl on Breaking Partisan Gridlock RebootAmerica.us No Labels - Our Ideas The Perception Gap Voice of the People (vop.org) Adam Lake is the founder of Reboot America, an emerging framework for a movement aimed at revitalizing the American political system by realigning it with the founding principles of our democratic republic. With a background in economics and experience in business development for a digital identity company whose technology empowers individuals to protect their civil liberties in the digital world, he brings a pragmatic approach to tackling systemic political challenges. Currently, he is engaging with voices in the democracy renewal and independent media spaces, exploring how to build momentum for a transpartisan effort that challenges the entrenched two-party duopoly. He's not a politician or a pundit—just someone determined to find a way forward.
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Jim talks with Adam Lake about Reboot America, a project aimed at reforming American democracy. They discuss existential threats facing humanity, the two-party corporate duopoly, a Princeton study on policy preferences, first-past-the-post voting problems, campaign finance issues, social media's role in polarization, wealth & income inequality, Bernie Sanders's Fight Oligarchy tour, the Democratic Party's cultural baggage, Trump country perspectives, courage in leadership, how the quality of leadership has changed over time, the "politician's pledge" & its six points, ranked-choice voting, proportional representation systems, liquid democracy, the People's Agenda concept, lessons from the Emancipation Party & GameB, and much more. Episode Transcript The Politics Industry, by Katherine Gehl JRS EP219 with Katherine Gehl on Breaking Partisan Gridlock RebootAmerica.us No Labels - Our Ideas The Perception Gap Voice of the People (vop.org) Adam Lake is the founder of Reboot America, an emerging framework for a movement aimed at revitalizing the American political system by realigning it with the founding principles of our democratic republic. With a background in economics and experience in business development for a digital identity company whose technology empowers individuals to protect their civil liberties in the digital world, he brings a pragmatic approach to tackling systemic political challenges. Currently, he is engaging with voices in the democracy renewal and independent media spaces, exploring how to build momentum for a transpartisan effort that challenges the entrenched two-party duopoly. He's not a politician or a pundit—just someone determined to find a way forward.
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