Democracy and Its Antibodies

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Today’s democracies live under a permanent paradox: they are stronger than they sometimes seem, but also more vulnerable than their defenders would like to admit. Their strength is not measured by the absence of conflict or by the moral virtue of those who exercise power at every moment. It is measured, above all, by the ability of their institutions to resist, correct and channel excesses of power. A strong democracy demands independent institu…