It should be reassuring that democracy is not facing a global extinction event but more a patchwork of storms — and that democracies have usually found a way to weather them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/19/world/liberal-democracy-does-not-face-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #europe #israel #democracy #donaldtrump #viktororban #justintrudeau #marinelepen #emmanuelmacron #olafscholz #giorgiameloni #benjaminnetanyahu #narendramodi #yoonsukyeol
Liberal democracy faces doubts. But collapse? Not likely.
Democracy, it is often heard these days, is in crisis.Serge Schmemann (The Japan Times)
