Democracy in retreat!

[james_davis_nicoll]

WaPo writer deluded enough to think the US is a global force for liberal values.

Of course, skiffy authors and their widespread inability or unwillingness to imagine democratic futures are part of this, by promoting the idea there are no alternatives to autocracy.

(I've just watched the whole of Borgen and they had no trouble finding drama in democratic government, so it's not that)

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[bibliofile]

I'm glad I saw Borgen a couple of years ago. If I'd been watching it now, it would have provided yet another reminder of how the US is currently experiencing some of the more unfortunate possibilities for democratic government. People thinking about issues! and discussing them without resorting to fearmongering! attempts at problem solving! plus ambition and real lives. (Though it was disconcerting to see Archie back in Europe and not in New Zealand like we'd been told.)