Are the political upheavals of 2016 — Brexit and America’s election of Donald Trump — a triumph of democracy or a threat to it? Democracies must respond to legitimate grievances. Indeed, their ability to do so peacefully is among their strengths. But the demagogue’s exploitation of such grievances threatens democracy. This has happened elsewhere. It would be foolish to assume western democracies are immune.
2016年的政治動蕩——英國退歐和唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)當選美國總統——是民主的勝利還是對民主的威脅?民主政體必須對合法的抱怨做出回應。實際上,有能力和平回應是它們的長處之一。但煽動家利用此類抱怨的做法威脅到了民主。其他地方已經出現了這種情況。認為西方民主政體不會受影響將是愚蠢的。
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