A recent BBC poll (August) places into doubt the supposition the liberal democracy is the wave of the future.
We knew that. Glib pressuring of Russia in the 1990's has lead to a Putinesque roll-back into autarchy. Bush's democracy crusade in the Middle East has given democracy a bad name. While a treasure for some, it is not a universal aspiration for mankind. As the novelist E M Forster summed it up in 1951, So two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.The Jury is out.
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