Is Democracy a Fad? – EA Forum

It s natural to wonder: Will this rise in democracy last? Or will democracy turn out to be only a passing fad something like the Ice Bucket Challenge of regime types?^[5]

Let s suppose, to be more specific, that one thousand years from now people and states still at least kind of exist. How surprised should we be if democracy is no more common then than it was in the year 1000AD?

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I tend to think democracy, at least in anything like its present form, won’t last. But I think there will remain smaller groups, such as various clubs, associations, even neighborhoods of one kind and another, that remain democratic. Call me a pessimist if you like.