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Early enthusiasts dreamed that mere access to the Internet would help spread democracy.
But the share of countries classified as “not free” or “partly free” by the democracy watchdog Freedom House has hardly changed over the same period.
While China’s per capita income was rising, and its middle class was growing, democracy did not arrive.
Instead of moving towards peace and democracy, the situation in Iraq remains so dangerous that Paul Bremer, the American occupation leader, is using instability as his rationale for avoiding democratic elections this year.
Worse, the prognosis for establishing a stable democracy and the rule of law in most shock-therapy countries looks bleak.
Accurate information and critical-thinking skills are indispensable to democracy.
Russian democracy is almost as young and blind as Putin's puppies - but much poorer.
Low-income countries can develop democracy, but they have a tough time maintaining it.
Countries with per capita incomes close to the current Russian level sustain democracy for 15-20 years on average.
Russian democracy, born in 1991, may be nearing its expiration date.
Putin promises to double Russia's GDP by 2010 - an ambitious aim, and success would improve democracy's prospects.
This manner of governance bodes well neither for economic growth nor democracy in the long term.
Among his last messages to his supporters was “not to give up on democracy and peaceful resistance.”
Egypt has had too little democracy and is moving towards more.
California has had too much democracy and is moving towards less.
The common mean point they should arrive at is democracy that delivers good government – and I mean “government,” not mushy “governance.”
In California, many taxes were reduced by voter initiatives, demonstrating the damaging consequences of too much democracy.
Indeed, such direct democracy helped make California ungovernable.
Thus, conservatives reject democracy, because it subjects the will of God to popular opinion.
Finally, reformists see no contradiction between democracy and Islamic teaching, though democracy does conflict with centuries of tradition governing how Muslims actually have been ruled.
Clearly, public hearings are an important element of participatory democracy.
On the other hand, if it is important that young, impressionable citizens see how their democracy works, and that we build social solidarity by making corporate executives stand in line with jobless teenagers, it makes sense to force people to bid with their time and to make entry tickets non-transferable.
In a part of the world where democracy is gradually advancing, Japan can point to firm democratic traditions and institutions.
Yet Trump’s rising frustrations could push him over the edge psychologically, with potentially harrowing consequences for American democracy and the world.
Prohibition of monetary finance cannot secure democracy or the rule of law in the face of powerful anti-democratic forces.
But one need only consider the massive centralization of power among cryptocurrency “miners,” exchanges, developers, and wealth holders to see that blockchain is not about decentralization and democracy; it is about greed.
For example, a small group of companies – mostly located in such bastions of democracy as Russia, Georgia, and China – control between two-thirds and three-quarters of all crypto-mining activity, and all routinely jack up transaction costs to increase their fat profit margins.
At the same time, however, the fabric of democracy is being torn apart by a staggering rise in economic inequality.
Others, such as Robert Dahl, argue that democracy requires smaller communities based on shared interests and personal relations.
Criticizing institutions is as essential a part of democracy as protecting enumerated legal rights.
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