A teacher gives his students lesson about democracy that they'll never forget. Performed by Peter McNerney as Mr. Mohr, Russ Armstrong as Eric, and Alexis Lambright as Margaret, with Fiona Bradford, Teddy Shivers, Oscar Montoya, and Ben Jones as the principal. Written by Louis Kornfeld, produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
This one is pretty brutal and short but expands into a lot of hard thinking. I don't necessarily agree with everything said about it but it is a good example of the inadequacy of representative democracy as opposed to the Mosaic Law and its foundation in morality instead of instrumental reasoning. It deserves to gain the status of a classic and to be required listening and morally guided discussion in every classroom in the country.
Here's more about the play from the source of it, the excellent audio drama source, The Truth.
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