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Our era of democracies damaging themselves

Our era of democracies damaging themselves

The US, UK and Israel show how voters can shoot themselves in the foot; is the world just getting too complicated or what?

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Dan Perry
Nov 24, 2021
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We are taught to believe that democracy is more than just the least-bad system, a default we turn to because despotisms are awful. Human beings naturally seek positivity in their lives, and so we accept the supposed wisdom of the crowd: the public knows what’s best.

But reality is straining that idea to the breaking point.

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