1. And it would be foolish to imagine that the Western democracies have a monopoly of the relevant experience in that respect. 2. Democracy has to be a vital and constantly refreshing element in our socialism. 3. Almost every new Latin American democracy has attempted trials of the murderers and torturers who populated past military regimes. 4. And as they knew, the democracies have had neither the attention span nor will power to stop terrorism either domestic or international. 5. And had the Depression not occurred, German democracy might have had more support than it did from the German people. 6. After all, even democracies have their secrets. 7. But Indian democracy has its dark side, too. 8. But nothing says a democracy has to watch the bombers come racing in their trucks and pretend they are bicyclists out for a ride in the park. 9. But the new Russian democracy has had no clear procedures for transferring control of the weapons when the president is temporarily incapacitated. 10. Democracy has its limits in the decidedly hierarchical world of the arts. |