Dwindling public support for democracy and our social system is often blamed on the population itself. The fact that this could also be due to the performance of the people’s representatives, the party structures and the basic structure of our …
The defective party republic
Critics of the current democratic system are often portrayed as enemies of democracy, opponents of democracy or anti-democrats. People forget that factual, well-founded criticism points out grievances that should or must be remedied and can lead to an improved, more …
Daily politics or the creeping loss of reality
A loss of reality can only occur where bubbles create protected spaces within a social structure that are disconnected from large parts of social reality.
In the 21st century, this is particularly true of the people’s representatives, who have as …