Democratic "deconsolidation": http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/sites/default/files/Foa%26Mounk-27-3.pdf …
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... "Citizens in a number of supposedly consolidated democracies ... [are] more cynical about the value of democracy as a political system"
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... "... support for military rule has markedly increased among wealthy citizens of long-established liberal democracies ..." ...
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... Someone has to put a pop version of Neocameralism into the public domain. It would take off like Pokemon Go.
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... "... the trend toward openness to nondemocratic alternatives is especially strong among citizens who are both young and rich."
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... 35% of rich young Americans say "it would be 'good' thing for the army to take over" (up from 6% in 1995). Nice trend-line there.
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"Rich" is an interesting qualifier there. Does that alter the logic that pro-MilDict. is a primarily immigration-driven trend?
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The authors note it with surprise, given that, previously, affluent groups were disproportionately supportive of democracy.
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