(Talking Points Memo masthead, 2016-09-03)As I wrote about Brexit last June, how can we say that the conservative fears about democracy and democratic institutions are wrong when they are producing this result?
I think, at this time, given the nature of modern mass media and balloting processes, we ought to be very, very afraid of direct democracy: demagogues have far too much power in this environment.
"Strange women handing out swords" is looking better and better.
There is certainly a shift towards authoritarianism if not outright totalitarianism all across the globe. People have seen how fraudulent "democracy" actually is, controlled by and for the rich. I guess they figure if the rich are going to run the place anyhow, why pretend otherwise.
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