“Democracy can only be saved by democratic men and women [...] The war against democracy begins by the destruction of the democratic temper, the democratic method and the democratic heart. If the democratic temper be exacerbated into wanton unreasonableness, which is the essence of the evil, then a victory has been won for the evil we despise and prepare to defend ourselves against, even though it’s 3,000 miles away and has never moved.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/03/the-last-time-democracy-almost-died
Thank you, @joseph_teller@diaspora.glasswings.com, for bringing it to our attention!
