Robert Ivie has published an article in Javnost—The Public on the authoritarian threat to democracy and the role of deliberative dissent in reassembling a demoralized and dispersed democratic majority.
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America in One Room: a demographically representative sample of the voting electorate assembled to discuss policy issues. (Credit: ritvsihu45 / Wikimedia Commons)
“A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.” Barbara Jordon
“In a politically diverse nation, only by finding … common ground can we achieve results for the common good.” Olympia Snowe
“Democratic politics should serve the common good.” Amy Gutmann & Dennis Thompson
These are fractured times that imperil democracy in the Western world and beyond. The authoritarian surge of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement is the imminent menace in the US. His notorious plans for a second term in the White House are flagrant and wholly antidemocratic. There is no provision for the common good in Trump’s autocratic scheme nor any corresponding sense of common ground, and compromise is out of reach. Perhaps more importantly, we the people are at risk of forgetting democracy’s contribution to the common good. (more…)
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