Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast  Author of The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut Benjamin Studebaker joins Bad Faith to explain why he thinks the solutions offered by the U.S. pundit class are selling little more than false hope and podcast subscriptions (with exceptions). What about our system makes the Democracy crisis "chronic," why should we not be concerned about threats to democracy from Donald Trump, and what's the solution not being offered by the fallen elites that comprise the media class? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram.   Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands)