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At the heart of his critique were how democracy failed "in the search for truth" and how leaders and citizens attempted "to impose their own speech-dependent meanings on reality". [10] Thucydides blamed " public orators " and demagogues for a failure of epistemic knowledge , allowing most Athenians to "believe silly things about their past and ...
Democracy: The God That Failed is a 2001 book by Hans-Hermann Hoppe containing thirteen essays on democracy. Passages in the book oppose universal suffrage and favor "natural elites". [1] The book helped popularize Hoppe in far-right discourse. [1] [2] Hoppe is a German-born economist who was a professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
It doesn’t take a political science expert to realize that the America Trump has in mind can’t coexist with democracy— and that Trump’s most committed voters don’t actually want to ...
Democratic backsliding [a] is a process of regime change toward autocracy in which the exercise of political power becomes more arbitrary and repressive. [7] [8] [9] The process typically restricts the space for public contest and political participation in the process of government selection.
CNN’s John Avlon writes that new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s words that “we don’t live in a democracy” show there’s a trend among right-wing leaders to dismiss a majoritarian democracy.
Why have we failed to rise to the occasion? One obvious reason is that our system allows the oil and gas industry to wield grossly disproportionate power — thanks to the way money distorts our ...
Presented as a 10-point "Blueprint for a New Democracy" [2] designed to encourage the growth of capitalism, [3] Moyo outlines arguments on both sides of her proposals, most of which focus on strengthening democratic functions in the U.S. [2] A compelling argument is made that "the global failure to achieve sustained, inclusive growth underpins ...
“The phrase a ‘threat to American democracy’ is so commonplace these days that it hardly carries any meaning.” — Emily B. Finley, Wall Street Journal Democrats have failed to keep the ...