A Conversation with Steve Schmidt

A conversation about technocracy, democratic collapse, and what comes next

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This morning I joined

Steve Schmidt

on a Substack Live to discuss the crisis facing American democracy and what comes next.

We covered the technocratic drift that evacuated democratic content from politics, why fighting concentrated economic power is essential to democratic renewal and whether the Republic survives another round of establishment management without structural transformation. Steve pushed me on the hard questions: What’s the actual path from here to democratic renewal? Who could credibly lead it? Where is my analysis strongest and where does it still need development?

The recording is now available at Steve’s Substack.

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