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March 29, 2012

"Democracy was the optimal form of government when voters were capable of making rational choices..."

through an understanding of what was at stake,
when they were ready to bear the responsibility for the consequences of their choices, and when the right to vote was understood to be a privilege, or the result of a struggle still remembered. Nowadays it is difficult to shake the impression that democratic societies are rapidly turning into ochlocracies, where the vast majority of citizens, seeing their rights as given and their responsibilities not at all, are easily addled by propaganda, distracted by spectacle and either unable or unwilling to invest the time and energy required to be a responsible democratic actor. -- The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy - Vladislav Inozemtsev

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 29, 2012 10:22 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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