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Crisis of democracy - the simultaneous rise of individualism and populism through the agency of the Internet S K Ditta
A superior form of democracy can be established if a leader/leaders can be found that actually prove to be above the human limitations of the general public. This would be a temporary success though, lasting only during the tenure of such leaders. When such leadership by example happens, the people will genuinely be able to look up to such a leader. Until such phases of time or before social decay due to over-emphasis on freedom happens, any democratic government is sustained by the stability of its institutions because, institutions are based on ideas that exceed the ability of any individual, even the one who finds himself as a leader. Would those institutions survive in the face of counter-ideas - the existence and expression of which is made possible by the Internet - remains to be seen!
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