Democracy

At least it acknowledges that there’s a big problem

And why we need to tear liberal democracy down

The experience of Sri Lanka’s interregnum, and thoughts on sortition

There is no free press. It’s very expensive

According to a global survey, “the countries considered most democratic by their citizens are China, Vietnam, and Taiwan”

Polls and the polis

Guns and abortion are just tactics, and they work

People don’t have power. Elites do

Electile dysfunction

The government got violent and got violence in return

Democracy is just a hammer, and lately it’s been clawing peoples eyes out

When the economy crashes, so will US democracy

Most minorities live there

With 425,000 dead on his watch, Biden has now killed more than his predecessor

It’s all a show. A total shitshow

Don’t make me tap the sign.

When corporations have the right to speech and influence, humans are screwed

Chinese Democracy Part II

How Chinese democracy is like ancient Greece

3 lessons from two books: Weimar Germany and Berlin In Lights

The oldest trick in democracy is deciding that certain people aren't people at all

We should treat public service like jury duty instead

By failing to convict Trump, America has condemned itself

Democracy keeps a lid on civil war. Y’all took the lid off

How could it be worse?

That’s why it’s so messed up now. You’re young

And why we must

Why American elections are so weird

It’s like the UN. That’s basically it

The polls are wrong because polls assume that people can vote

I hate to break it to you, but your democracy sucks

The great irony of the cold war

It depends on you

The 2019 Sri Lankan Presidential election. It’s a bit complicated

How race determines Sri Lankan elections

Improve things without destroying democracy

An extended Lord Of The Rings metaphor

He listens and has good people around him

The highlights and my highlights

Smart facism vs. dumb democracy

One for the powerful, one for the powerless.

The world’s largest democracy just got a lot less free

Fucking facists

Why elect an idiot when you can pick a random idiot off the street?

Good golem gone bad

Sri Lanka is at peace and in trouble

Sri Lanka has always been democratic. Until now