Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: A reflection: It's often said in political research circles that democracy is mostly ...
A reflection:
It's often said in political research circles that democracy is mostly about voting against not voting for something.
Certainly in the recent UK election, Labour picked up a lot of votes by not being the (now toxic) Tories.... in America in November, it looks likely that the Harris/Walz ticket will be focussing on it not being Trump/Vance.
So the Q. is this a problem?
Does it represent a narrowing of the political spectrum (as theorists of neolibelriasm suggest)?
#politics
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