More people in more countries are casting more ballots in 2024 than in any previous year. Yet the biggest issue is going undebated.

The biggest issue is, of course, the lockdown, which led to a sharper recession than anything we experienced during the two world wars or the Great Depression. That economic contraction led to a burst of inflation. And the unparalleled confiscation of liberty altered the relationship between state and citizen, paving the way for more authoritarian politics.