What a dangerously stupid & misleading phrase was 2010's "Arab spring."
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@davidfrum summer can be pretty hot and miserable. Then there’s the Fall.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@davidfrum@DougHenwood Lot of dictatorships fell in Latin America after WWII...~3 good years for democracy and then dictatorships again1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@PatrickIber@davidfrum@DougHenwood Right: all "democratic waves" have had periods of receding. But we're still in middle of the story.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@PatrickIber@DougHenwood I'd be real cautious about explaining MENA events since 2010 as "democratic wave."3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidfrum@PatrickIber@DougHenwood Sure: evidence is ambiguous. But there is more popular engagement in politics than ever before.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@davidfrum@DougHenwood Of course some people measure democracy by popular engagement, some by liberal institutions. Often /=1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@PatrickIber @davidfrum @DougHenwood Yeah, distinction between mass engagement & liberal institutions is heart of disagreement.
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