Recent events and trends have reminded us that democracy is neither inevitable nor invincible. Is this a cause for panic or merely a sober reminder that history is full of surprises.
I tend to think elite theory like Burnham and Mosca, and it's popularized form Yarvin is correct, and that democracy is always a façade, and there is always an elite in control. Perhaps small d democracy assures more circulation in that elite, but beyond that it seems more an on paper form than substance in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_29yvYpf4w
So your bio says you are a philosophy proff, has anyone tried to cancel you for these against the left "woke" zeitgeist ideas?
I tend to think elite theory like Burnham and Mosca, and it's popularized form Yarvin is correct, and that democracy is always a façade, and there is always an elite in control. Perhaps small d democracy assures more circulation in that elite, but beyond that it seems more an on paper form than substance in my opinion.