When the main players in our politics give up on deliberative democracy, it feels like some Rubicon is being crossed. Our system is designed for leaders who make arguments for their views, seek compromise and try different policy angles to break logjams. And when they lose, their proper recourse is . . . to make more arguments, seek other compromises and try different policy angles.Read more here
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Giving up on deliberative democracy
Jim Geraghty writes today at National Review,
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