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Ezra Klein: “We do government different in this country than they do in…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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In-Studio Discussion with Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom on 'Abundance' and Democratic Governance

Published | Video Starts at 20:52

Well, that's an issue I'd be very curious to hear. So this is a thing I think people don't know that I would love to hear, to hear your thoughts on that. We do government different in this country than they do in Europe. There's a qualitative difference between it, which is they run government through bureaucracies and we restrain government through courts. which at the moment with Trump seems good in a bunch of ways. And there are ways in which it's good and there are also ways in which it makes it hellacious. (20:52–21:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. government operates through courts, unlike Europe's bureaucracy-driven approach.

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