“Democracy” in IR-speak is just a self-congratulating title that regular people and the elites alike think sound good and noble in theory. But out of the two wo

“Democracy” in IR-speak is just a self-congratulating title that regular people and the elites alike think sound good and noble in theory. But out of the two words in “liberal democracy”, only the former matters to the elite; the latter is just the pretty mask put on capitalism. > Direct democracy seems far more preferable, assuming a well-educated and well-informed general public. The meme that never dies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36086819 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36086819