What is happening in America now and in Western democracies generally is precisely what the elites throughout the world claimed would happen in the late 18th century when America declared itself a democratic republic.
1/5
1/5
Aristocratic nobility then claimed The People were incapable of ruling themselves; the common folk were too stupid, uneducated, incurious, un-engaged, and unable to think in terms of the greater good.
2/5
2/5
The elites insisted democracy would fail, because The People would: 1) devolve into chaotic masses unable to make rational decisions, 2) vote their own selfish interests and destroy the ability to govern, 3) become vulnerable to demagogic strongmen, or 4) some combination.
3/5
3/5
Said to say, that is precisely what's happening.
It's clear now democracy only works then elected officials agree to allow it to work--the Constitution cannot enforce itself.
Democracy requires an informed and engaged public to hold officials accountable.
4/5
It's clear now democracy only works then elected officials agree to allow it to work--the Constitution cannot enforce itself.
Democracy requires an informed and engaged public to hold officials accountable.
4/5
We are a victim of the success of advertising, which convinced huge numbers to stay home, and roughly half of the others to vote for a dictator, and to allow the Fascist Party to have unfettered control of the chains of power.
5/5
5/5
