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This is How Democracy Begins to Die

by David Tollen | Nov 3, 2016 | Classical Civilization, The Recent Modern Age, Author's Corner, History General

You might think it’s aristocrats and the rich who most threaten democracy. But actually democracy tends to die the hands of angry working people, who turn against elites and their own constitution and follow an authoritarian leader. That leader destroys democracy, or...