Steve Randy Waldman on Nostr: genuine democracies don’t naively presume that popular passions are always perfect. ...
genuine democracies don’t naively presume that popular passions are always perfect. they build institutions that give effect to values and interests durably expressed by the public, but frustrate controversial sharp turns unless they persist or recruit broad consensus. 3/
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