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Scaling Democracy

Democracy is great, but as the franchise increases, majorities can get the power to oppress minorities.

Jonah Goldberg
Sep 16, 2020
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Hi,

Barring some crazy news breaking between now and tomorrow—I know, what’re the odds of that?—I’m going to write my regular column on the Middle East stuff, so I don’t want to spend a lot of time on it here. 

But since some readers are wildly overinterpreting my silence on the topic, let me say it plainly: It’s a big deal and a good thing, and Donald Tr…

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