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179488
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After the Cold War ended, it looked like democracy was on the
march. But that con#dent optimism was misplaced. With the
bene#t ofhindsight, it is clear that it was naive to expect democracy to spread to all corners ofthe world. The authoritarian turn
ofrecent years re4ects the 4aws and failings ofdemocratic systems.
Most analyses ofthe precarious state ofcontemporary democracy
begin with a similar depiction. They are not altogether incorrect.
But they omit an important part ofthe picture. The story ofthe last
two decades is not just one ofdemocratic weakness; it is also one of
authoritarian strength.
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ID:
168073
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ID:
158866
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At the height of World War II, Henry Luce, the founder of Time magazine, argued that the United States had amassed such wealth and power that the twentieth century would come to be known simply as “the American Century.” His prediction proved prescient: despite being challenged for supremacy by Nazi Germany and, later, the Soviet Union, the United States prevailed against its adversaries. By the turn of the millennium, its position as the most powerful and influential state in the world appeared unimpeachable. As a result, the twentieth century was marked by the dominance not just of a particular country but also of the political system it helped spread: liberal democracy.
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ID:
133659
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2014.
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The Tea Party and its European cousins have emerged from the enduring inability of democratic governments to satisfy their citizens' needs. Today's populist movements won't subside until the legitimate grievances driving them have been addressed.
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145599
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“Nature hath made men so equal, in the faculties of the body, and mind; as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body, or of quicker mind than another; yet when all is reckoned together, the difference between man, and man, is not so considerable, as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit, to which another may not pretend as well as he.”
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