Academics sign Letter on global threat to Democracy

[Kenny]

Not if you look into the history of it. The founders had to compromise. Some of them were not pretty.

I'm sure it wasn't pretty in as much as those who had the post power in population knew that it limited their capacity. Who wants to give up their influence?

Why the Electoral College

 

[Stevicus]

Here is the full letter with signatures for those interested: How to Keep the Lights On in Democracies: An Open Letter of Concern by Scholars of Authoritarianism - The New Fascism Syllabus

I felt sharing the letter on RF would be one step I can amplify their message. What are your thoughts on the subject? Is Democracy in crisis? Is it facing a full-scale collapse? Or will democratic ideals and institutions come back stronger, renewed and revived in the future?

Democracy requires a certain degree of give-and-take and a willingness to compromise, both of which seem absent these days.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

The very fact that the people one accuses are also the ones just as guilty, if not worse, of being themselves threats for a free nation of free people.

Its why I think they need to take a long hard look at themselves. That's the first step.

The actual people who signed it? Or are you generalising?

 

[Twilight Hue]

The actual people who signed it? Or are you generalising?

Well signing is a form of representation, so I would take it they are attempting to speak on behalf of all their peers.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Well signing is a form of representation, so I would take it they are attempting to speak on behalf of all their peers.

If I sign a letter, it's purely indicative of my authorship. Having read the linked letter, that's how I would read this.
An open letter with shared authorship of the signatories. Nothing more.