The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-3-2020

• What does modern America have in common with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Annie Holmquist says, more than you might think. This may be a good time to learn from the mistakes the Romans made and to do our best not to repeat them.
• Is 2020 the year that political legitimacy dies? James Bovard breaks down how the refusal of politicians to recognize and abide by the upper limits of their power is creating a crisis of legitimacy. It's also placing a choice squarely before us as to what we should do about it.
• It's crazy that we need to consider what to do when a member of the woke mob comes at us with their phone out. But here we are. This is a great article that explains how the safest course of action is to give them no reaction whatsoever.
• How do politicians get away with implementing policies that cause provable harm? Most likely it's because they claim that their good intentions should outweigh their negative outcomes. Jon Miltimore explains how California is a good example of this kind of thinking in action.

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