Good government is impossible without limiting democracy in some way.
Limits on the popular will are necessary for good government, but democracy contains within itself no limiting principle.
Voters only become more convinced of their omniscience over time, and less accepting of moderating institutions and norms that attempt to limit their power for the sake of good government.
Once popular sovereignty is conceded and man is his own master, none of these limiting factors pass the legitimacy test, because in the age of popular legitimacy, nothing is legitimate that limits the individual will.
A post-globalist, "Smart Trumpist" agenda would sacrifice the fervor of the far right for the chance to prove itself to other voters through good government.
It's the only way to return to the Founders' vision of a democracy that is both legitimate and good.
Success would produce an effective, popular governing agenda-and a chance to save democracy from its own contradictions.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/saving-democracy-from-its-own-contradictions/
Limits on the popular will are necessary for good government, but democracy contains within itself no limiting principle.
Voters only become more convinced of their omniscience over time, and less accepting of moderating institutions and norms that attempt to limit their power for the sake of good government.
Once popular sovereignty is conceded and man is his own master, none of these limiting factors pass the legitimacy test, because in the age of popular legitimacy, nothing is legitimate that limits the individual will.
A post-globalist, "Smart Trumpist" agenda would sacrifice the fervor of the far right for the chance to prove itself to other voters through good government.
It's the only way to return to the Founders' vision of a democracy that is both legitimate and good.
Success would produce an effective, popular governing agenda-and a chance to save democracy from its own contradictions.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/saving-democracy-from-its-own-contradictions/
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