A pick between dark politics or collective resistance
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January 23, 2021 00:47 IST
The democratic world has a choice either accept the politics of violence or kindle the urge to resist the status quo
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The democratic world has a choice either accept the politics of violence or kindle the urge to resist the status quo
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All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.” C. Wright Mills
Donald Trump’s drive to upend a legitimate election has shaken faith in the functioning of democracy worldwide. When a president of a country himself condones the rioters or calls them “patriots”, a grim reality awaits democracy in the face of the pervasive political polarisation ripping apart the very political fabric of a nation. Politicians across the globe sink to new levels of unwarranted incitement of a malleable public, a disastrous and politically debasing tendency of constitutional democracy.