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The Slippery Slope of Democracy

The Slippery Slope of Democracy

Think not of what we might gain, but of what we have already lost.

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Christopher Cook
Apr 03, 2023
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I have recently been involved in an interesting discussion thread on John Sullivan’s Substack in which, in part, I attempt to justify my recently coalescing view that democracy is an unworkable, fatally flawed, and morally problematic system. (I love the fact that Substack exists and such conversations can take place on it.) In the course of casual def…

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