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Misha Zelinsky

Democratic recession could deepen in 2024

At this moment of maximum global peril, democracies have lost the thing they need most: the power of their legitimacy.

Who is more dangerous to democracy: billionaires or dictators?

The question might seem silly, but a toxic convergence of two mega-trends – authoritarian aggression abroad and rampant economic inequality at home – has pushed democratic societies to the brink.

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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.

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