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“This is a republic, not a democracy” is the last thing that one committed to voting rights wants to hear, particularly from those defending the shortcomings of what most of the world (used to) regard as the last great democracy. But this critique highlights a core failure of the American experiment that too few people … Continue reading “Democracy As A Slogan”