Former President Barack Obama spoke at the Heartland Whole Health Institute in Bentonville, Arkansas, for the launch of a lecture series, " Building Bridges ," on Monday, Dec. 1.

Olivia Walton , board chair for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, asked the former president questions on a variety of topics.

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Walton asked Obama if he thinks democracy is in danger.

"I think it is true that we are more divided and that our democracy is more unstable than at any time in my lifetime," Obama said.

The former president said the systems and institutions built after World War II are unstable in ways he did

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