Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig
“It has become commonplace to hear of democracy being under attack — and it certainly is, all around the world. But the story of liberal democracy’s travails doesn’t begin and end with the rise of its current illiberal challengers. Something about the way our democracies are structured has invited or at least made possible the threats we now face, especially in the United States, where the ascent of illiberal populism has been more potent than in most other core Western democracies. It does us no good to avoid a reckoning with these vulnerabilities. And as critical as it is to remain focused on liberal democracy’s most urgent challenges, we should not do so at the expense of grappling with its longer-term systemic flaws.” (10/11/24)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/there-is-no-liberalism-without-a