Trump's (functional) acquittal and Brexit happening on the same day really hammers home the nature of our current crisis: an assault on the rules supposed to constrain and bind ascendant populism from running roughshod over dissenters
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It's a crisis of both halves of liberal democracy. It rejects liberalism's protections for minority rights and replaces the democratic ideal of equal citizenship with the populist ideal of a "true" people whose views represent the general will
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This is the logic under which the narrow victory of the 2016 referendum is sacrosanct and irreversible, under which Trump cannot be impeached because 63 million voted for him
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It's the logic that says pro-European voters in Britain are seditious "remoaners" who can be ignored. It's the logic that Democrats aren't "real Americans," so raw Republican partisanship actually represents authentic patriotism
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This essentially authoritarian idea will celebrate two big victories today. And it won't be satisfied.
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In what sense does giving effect to a referendum result demonstrate a pivot away from democracy?
Čini se da učitavanje traje već neko vrijeme.
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