Democracy in Crisis? A Journey From Past to Present

From kings and emperors… to elections, protests, and people having a voice — democracy has come a very long way.

In this video, we explore the true story of democracy: how it began, how it spread across the world, and why it remains one of the most powerful — and fragile — ideas in human history.

We travel through:

👑 Ancient political councils in Africa and India
🏛 Athenian democracy — direct voting and debate
💡 The Enlightenment — ideas of rights and liberty
⚔️ Revolutions in the Americas and Europe
🌍 The rise of modern democratic states
📱 Today’s challenges — misinformation, money, and polarization

Democracy didn’t simply “arrive.”
It was argued, fought, shaped, and defended — by ordinary people who believed that power should belong not to kings, but to citizens.

By the end of this video, you’ll see democracy not as a perfect system…
but as a journey that we are still



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📚 REFERENCES & INSPIRATION

This video draws on work from historians and scholars such as:
Fortes & Evans-Pritchard, Romila Thapar, Mogens Herman Hansen, Peter Gay, John Lynch, and Patricia Tuts.


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