Posted 11/30/2023, 2:48:09 PM
Kissinger Warns of Democracy in Great Danger Due to Vanishing Middle Class and Values in Final Interview
- Kissinger said democracy is in "great danger" due to disappearing middle class and widening income inequality
- Values like "compromise" and "understanding" are threatened in the West, he said
- He cited fast-changing technology and more obvious income gaps than in the past
- Interview was Kissinger's last major media appearance before his death at age 100
- Democracy needs to "rebuild itself," becoming a "key issue" in the US and globally