Democratically elected parties can transparently enact anti-democratic policies. If my local democratically elected fascist transparently has "do not allow grou

Democratically elected parties can transparently enact anti-democratic policies. If my local democratically elected fascist transparently has "do not allow group x to vote" as an intended policy, then that policy is anti-democratic, even though it may be popular. The argument the article makes is not that austerity measures are unpopular, it's that they're anti-democratic.