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You do not need any special abilities to predict that. If you look around, the democracy is slipping from our hands for much of the western world and this mean
by lmilcin 6y ago
You do not need any special abilities to predict that.
If you look around, the democracy is slipping from our hands for much of the western world and this means people look up to democratic values less when they do their decisionmaking.
Since it seems (although has never been proven) that it is in fact the democratic values that allow democratic countries to live in relative peace I think it is only going to get worse.
When elected officials can not only skirt but just totally ignore the law, when democratic procedures can be subverted, elections distorted, this is how democratic values slowly die.
When people no longer are interested in history, spend their entire days glued to a screen, when they choose only easy entertainment and are not listening to messages explaining how democracy works and why we need it, etc., this is eroding perceived need for democracy. People use "democracy" now without understanding what the word means, more and more.
- pegasus 6y agoOk, but there's no "sharp increase" in 2020 specifically. At least so far.
- lmilcin 6y agoNo, there is no "sharp increase". These things take decades. But sharp increase is not needed. Think of it like a marriage between countries that is slowly starting to erode. It might seem ok for a long time, from the sidelines, when you squint your eyes. But then a crisis happens that tests it and everything falls apart.