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Is democracy going out of fashion?

By Dan Hannan
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Is democracy going out of fashion?

For the first time since at least the 1930s, serious commentators in Western countries are arguing against democracy.

“Popular opinion is not always right,” says the cult Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. “Sometimes I think one has to violate the will of the majority.”

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