Reading Astra Taylor's excellent "Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone."
In the middle of all these court cases, I'm struck by the clarity and simplicity of this half sentence: "Under even marginally more democratic structural conditions, a demagogue like Trump probably wouldn't stand a chance..."
#ElectoralReform #VotingRights
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