> For another, it seems clear that one of the key lessons of the 21st century is that democracy isn't all it's cracked up to be. Well, that is nothing new. The

> For another, it seems clear that one of the key lessons of the 21st century is that democracy isn't all it's cracked up to be. Well, that is nothing new. The idea that major threat to freedom in modern states is not from detached power elite but from the society itself is a major theme of "On Liberty" from J. S. Mill.