This is pertinent to Ethiopia’s current crisis. Americans reflecting - honestly - on @joebiden’s Global Summit for Democracy which will take place in 2 weeks time.
The fact it is on @AJEnglish, a channel owned by an Authoritarian ruler, makes it more so.
The fact it is on @AJEnglish, a channel owned by an Authoritarian ruler, makes it more so.
I agree with pretty much everything the guests and host say, particularly the remarks about @COP26 also being a summit for democracy of a kind, in a sense it is more, as it is in practice a democratic global deliberative summit that makes actual decisions.
The choice of attending nations comes up - I presume Ethiopia is not invited. The remarks of one speaker saying that any list of nations would prove controversial is dead right. And the conclusion of the speakers - it’s better than not having a summit - is also right.
The reality of this broken, and spiraling out of control world we live in is that change is needed and soon. @joebiden calling this was presumably the result of a personal understanding of this simple reality. And talking is always better than fighting.
As a lens for all - those living in democracies or not - to focus global attention on better understanding the issues around democracies, their strengths weaknesses and vulnerabilities, I am certain it will be worthwhile. And just as democracy is, it is also bound to be messy.
And hopefully also enlightening.
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