A Response to Democracy in Crisis: More Power Dare!

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While the right is brutally focusing on gaining power, the middle is hesitant. Positively connoted power would give it again the chance to achieve social goals

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Oh yes, the mob, the people, Populus, the demos, the people, the unpredictable. Unaccountable. Too stupid to govern. So it has to be governed. It's always about power. Also in democracy. It's not just about forgetting. It's deliberately masked, clouded. Also and especially from those who like to be "in the name of the people" [...] The article The people past: Why our democracy is currently in a deep crisis first appeared in Leipziger Zeitung.