Democracy and Its Discontents

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Jan 28, 201700:52:32Technology

"Government of of the people, by the people, and for the people" - so goes Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. But does that describe 21st century democracy? "Government of of the people, by the people, and for the peo...

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