freedom is slavery

This might be early, but I have time right now and we can revisit this next year. It seems to me that American moderates are beginning to panic about what re-electing Donald Trump would mean. But their suggestion is for Democrats to run a moderate candidate, which didn't work the last time. If...

Outside of the West, democracy as you know it is probably not the norm. Often, the trappings of democracy may be present in one form or another, but they're a fig leaf for de jure non-democratic ways with which ruling elites retain power. From sham elections to Electoral Politics with Limited...