It is a weird and complicated modern history that got us here, and it is a history in which the vote has never been discussed. Since the 20th Century, the default mode of a modern nation-state is ‘republic,’ because that is considered the most legit. This default off-the-rack republic that we have adopted alongside our discount democracy is obviously imperfect. For all the faults I have listed above, the very fact that we are a republic and a democracy creates possibilities. I think that this is what Churchill really meant about there being nothing better than democracy yet.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 14, 2024 00:01 UTC