Realism Vindicated
Trump’s victory heralds the West’s return to realism after four years of chaos under Biden.
Trump’s victory heralds the West’s return to realism after four years of chaos under Biden.
Comparing the public’s opinions with legislators’ votes would show which groups truly represent Europeans in Brussels.
Brussels’ ideological bullying doesn’t seem to produce the desired effect.
The Republic had many constituting elements also present in our Western democracies. We can learn from its history.
Conservatives still lionise the democratic form of government while failing to take seriously its obvious breakdown in practice.
Good character in elected officials is something of a luxury. It is a mistake to consider it apart from questions of governance.
In Tradition and the Deliberative Turn, Ryan R. Holston warns that democracy cannot function well without tradition.
Unelected officials are the winners in all this; representative democracy is the loser.
Ruling class mandarins on both sides of the Atlantic are hollowing out the institutions of liberal democratic governance.
Only two of the parliament’s top 15 positions went to right-wing parties, despite national conservatives holding a quarter of the Brussels seats.
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