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Democracy Is More Precarious Than Many of Us Realise

Democracy Is More Precarious Than Many of Us Realise

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Nov 15, 2021
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Many seasoned commentators and observers looked on in bewilderment as major Western countries, generally considered to fall within the fold of “constitutional democracy,” began aping China’s totalitarian response to Covid-19. It was almost as if they wanted to outdo Chinese despotism.

What we witnessed in 2020-21 was essentially a game of totalitarian d…

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