> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.cascadepbs.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Democracy in Color: The World's Most Dangerous Idea
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/ideas-festival/sessions/democracy-in-color-the-worlds-most-dangerous-idea/
- Published: 2026-03-16T02:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T22:20:11.000Z
- Description: Kendi discusses Chain of Ideas, his new history of how "great replacement theory" became the engine of our authoritarian age. He argues that fear of being replaced—racially, culturally, electorally—is what powers strongmen worldwide, and that naming the playbook is a first step toward defeating it.
- Author: Steve Phillips
- Tags: #Ideas_Festival_2026_Event

Ibram X. Kendi discusses *Chain of Ideas*, his new history of how "great replacement theory" became the engine of our authoritarian age. He argues that fear of being replaced—racially, culturally, electorally—is what powers strongmen worldwide, and that naming the playbook is the first step toward defeating it.