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One bullet, a thousand ripples…

One bullet, a thousand ripples…

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In this episode, I take a hard look at the cost of political assassination — not just in the moment, but in the waves it sends through history and society. From the shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and set off World War I, to the attempt on Donald Trump that only deepened his support, we see a pattern: violence doesn’t silence a movement, it often strengthens it. What drives a person to believe a bullet is more powerful than dialogue? And what does it say about us, as a nation once seen as the standard of democracy, when we accept violence as a form of speech? This is a conversation about what we lose when dialogue dies — and why we have to do better…

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