Why do some democracies hold together while others fall apart?
We often think it’s just elections or voting. But in reality, self-government depends on a set of deeper structural conditions working together behind the scenes.
Think of it like a system of supports—remove too many, and it doesn’t slowly weaken, it breaks. That’s the risk when we focus only on surface-level politics and ignore the foundation.
So which conditions do you think actually determine whether a democracy survives?
u/PaulJChapman — 5 days ago