"A different kind of democracy"??
Daniel Henninger at The Wall Street Journal on the dumbing down of democracy:
"A study released last month by Freedom House, 'Democracy's Dark Year,' reported democratic erosion in most of the new European Union member states and in the then-inspiring "color revolution" nations -- Georgia's Rose Revolution, Ukraine's Orange Revolution and Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution.
"A study released last month by Freedom House, 'Democracy's Dark Year,' reported democratic erosion in most of the new European Union member states and in the then-inspiring "color revolution" nations -- Georgia's Rose Revolution, Ukraine's Orange Revolution and Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution.
Latin America is also tipping toward dissolved democracies. The 34 nations of the Organization of American States just voted to readmit the Cuban dictatorship. After the vote, the OAS foreign ministers broke into applause, and the meeting's host joyously announced, 'The Cold War has ended.' Those words of congratulations for unrepentant antidemocrat Fidel Castro came from Manuel Zelaya, then president of Honduras."
Destroy the meaning of words and you can destroy the concepts behind the words.
I was just about to send you this, but remembered to check CO first. Good article.
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