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The number of people willing to consider alternatives to democracy is at a level last seen during the crises of the 1930s. ... Now it seems even more Republicans are getting in line with Trump’s ...
The Jan. 6 breach and riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the larger effort to overturn the results of the election, have brought new attention to the larger need for political reform — fixing the ...
Rational irrationality is not doublethink and does not state that the individual deliberately chooses to believe something he or she knows to be false. Rather, the theory is that when the costs of having erroneous beliefs are low, people relax their intellectual standards and allow themselves to be more easily influenced by fallacious reasoning, cognitive biases, and emotional appeals.
Just 34% of survey respondents from the U.S. said they think social media is good for democracy in the country.
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics is a 2011 non-fiction book by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith, published by the company PublicAffairs. It discusses how politicians gain and retain political power. Bueno de Mesquita is a fellow at the Hoover Institution. [1]
Criticism has been a key part of democracy, its functions, and its development throughout history.Some critics call upon the constitutional regime to be true to its own highest principles; others reject the values promoted by constitutional democracy.
The book focuses on why people make political decisions against their own self-interest, documenting the extent to which people are manipulated by bad-faith actors. [2] In the book, Moscrop argues that democracy is under threat but can be saved, emphasising the need for good process to resolve disagreements. [1]
Thousands of demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., to support women's rights on Oct. 8, 2022. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ImagesRegardless of whether they live in a red state or a blue state ...