Liberal Democracy May Seem Cumbersome But There Is No Better Alternative

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Angela Merkel’s worldview is said to have darkened with her continued chancellorship. Merkel was also worried when she looked into the history books, and more precisely, a historical pattern that she found there: the greater the distance to a major war, the more impatient some people became with the process of democracy, allowing bad actors more opportunities.