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For example, it is not inevitable in a democracy that elections will be free and fair. The giving and receiving of bribes, the threat or use of violence, treatment, and impersonation are common ways that the electoral process can be corrupted, [ 36 ] meaning that democracy is not impenetrable from external problems and can be criticized for ...
The notion that, in a democracy, the greatest concern is that the majority will tyrannise and exploit diverse smaller interests, has been criticised by Mancur Olson in The Logic of Collective Action, who argues instead that narrow and well organised minorities are more likely to assert their interests over those of the majority. Olson argues ...
On May Day, 1933, the CPUSA ran a series of newspaper advertisements denouncing "the whole Roosevelt program of preparation for fascism and war" and calling Roosevelt a "fascist dictator". The ads' examples of alleged fascist activities included "forced labor for the unemployed" and harsh tactics against striking farm workers in California.
The number of people willing to consider alternatives to democracy is at a level last seen during the crises of the 1930s. Trump knows he speaks for these people, ...
Nick Seabrook explains his new history, "One Person, One Vote," and the way gerrymandering stymies everything from gun reform to democracy itself.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Weak presidents are not safe for democracy.Bright Line Watch, a project of political scientists worried about the erosion of democratic institutions, has found increasing ...
The loophole would permit the American democracy to be legally turned into a dictatorship. Gödel told his friend Oskar Morgenstern about the existence of the flaw and Morgenstern told Albert Einstein about it at the time, but Morgenstern, in his recollection of the incident in 1971, never mentioned the exact problem as Gödel saw it. This has ...
Only 34 of those ads mention democracy, and they are all versions of the same video. “To me, Kamala Harris is the one who’s shown she cares about law, about democracy, about the whole of ...