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Democracy Means No One Is Irreplaceable

Summary by Liberal Currents
Recent events in New York City have brought into sharp focus a dangerous misconception in modern democracy: the idea of the irreplaceable leader. No doubt this is behind Trump’s “personalization of power” and also behind the fact that we have a Congressional gerontocracy that clings to office like ancient monarchs, convinced their decades-long reign is somehow essential to democracy itself. While the ethical sense that each of us is singular and…
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Democracy Means No One Is Irreplaceable

Recent events in New York City have brought into sharp focus a dangerous misconception in modern democracy: the idea of the irreplaceable leader. No doubt this is behind Trump’s “personalization of power” and also behind the fact that we have a Congressional gerontocracy that clings to office like ancient monarchs, convinced their decades-long reign is somehow essential to democracy itself. While the ethical sense that each of us is singular and…

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Liberal Currents broke the news in on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
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