There is a lot of pessimism about the status and future of “Our DemocracyTM, especially from liberals but also from some conservatives. Consider this representative sample: The blame for our failure and disillusionment must fall on our idiot institutions. People seem somehow, in relation to the future, to be divided into two categories the “optimists” and the “pessimists.” The pessimists think that civilization is going to the dogs. The optimists say that,
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