The Coalition Behind Democracy’s Decline

On a recent WhoWhatWhy podcast I spoke with Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.She outlines a covert alliance of wealth, faith, and fear is quietly dismantling American democracy — one lie, one spectacle, and one grievance at a time.When we imagine democracy collapsing, we picture tanks in the streets, ballots burning, or shadowy hackers pulling invisible strings. Yet the gravest threat to America’s democratic experiment isn’t loud or sudden — Stewart argues that it’s a quiet, methodical corrosion of truth, fueled by grievance, money, and a dangerous sense of divine entitlement. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe