I don't disagree with any of this but it's a better argument for reforming the NED than abolishing it: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/03/trump-national-endowment-democracy-foreign-policy …
Sanders administration maybe fantasy but I don't think it's implausible that a more serious left could become more powerful in USA. If so, it should think about reforming these institutions.
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I am an optimist but U.S. democracy was designed for minority rule( see James Madison). Leftists can only win through popular democracy, which doesn’t exist in the U.S.
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And as a footnote James Madison’s minority rule vision was oligarchic.
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