Here we are worry about the survival of normal liberal democracies with the return of Trumpism and I think this is because lack of proactive thinking by those specializing in democratic theory as knowledge is power and if they would have proactively see what needed to be done and get that knowledge proactively to the attention of politicians who value the democracy dream, first to prevent or make it difficult for extreme liberal democracies to come to exist and act proactively, and second, what needed and still needs to be done in normal liberal democracies to ensure that liberal democracy survives periods of temporary authoritarianism and act proactively.
So the question: What do extreme liberal democracies need to do to ensure they stay permanently in power? If we know that, then we know what current normal liberal democracies need to do to proactively prevent the death of normal liberal values in the case of a period of temporary authoritarianism in the future.
What do you think about the question?
Lucio Muñoz it was very interesting question. As we all knew, Liberal Democracy establish about 1 century in the world. Liberal Democracy has it's own problem that is equality, in the case of gender (women in USA gained their rights to vote only in 1922), races (black people in USA gained their right to vote only in 1964), gender (men dominated executive, legislative, and judicial institution), and so on. Some add conditions are Liberal Democracy demands free competition of the parties, problem of alliance and coalition to form government, and so on. I think, if a regime whatever it is, want to stay long in governing position they have to practice Benthamism, "greatest happiness for greatest number." And I think, that is the core of Liberal Democracy's problem. "Happiness" was relative condition, depend on the mind of an ethnicity or races. Countries with high level of homogeneous ethnic or racial might have 90% agreement about that concept, and with high level of heterogeneity stay in opposite. In short, I want to say that Liberal Democracy only exist as long as the "index of Gini" (in broad meaning) nearby zero. Because, Authoritarianism as the innate behavior in politics always ready to substitute.
Seta, Thank you for commenting. You can look at this question from necessary and sufficient condition for extreme democracies from the point of view of TEMPORARY AUTHORITARIANISM that leads them to come to exist and persist or the necessary and sufficient conditions to reverse them to normal liberal democracies in terms of chaos and independent rule of law conditions....Once normal liberal democracies are in firm solid ground those rights you mention, including happiness and diversity rights will incrementally follow. If Temporary authoritarianism those rights you mention, including happiness will QUICKLY EXPONENTIALLY DISAPPEAR.
So the question is: What do extreme liberal democracies need to do to ensure they stay permanently in power?
What do you think the conditions are? Look at Trumpism and what it is doing and you may be able to see the answer as it applies to all exism movements after 2016 BREXIT
Thank you Mr. Lucio Muñoz . Your questions and your responses are very interesting. I think those are the problems of liberal democracies in the world, now. Political system is cyclical process. While Spartan came to Athens, with all the guns, weapons, and troops, what Pericles did? He, the "democrat" kept maintenance democratic procedure. He kept invited the Ecclesia's member to discussed what Athens should do to fight the Spartan. He kept asking the member what the opinion of them about Sparta's aggression. In short, Pericles kept the democracy's procedures and substances to work. Rather that organized defend force, Pericles and other Ecclesia member kept debate, discussed to find the way out. Finally, in that process, the Spartan came inside the Athens and win the Peloponnesian war. That was not the people to do. In the case of our regime in danger, we have to come to our innate behavior, "temporary authoritarianism". In the liberal democracy, volonte generale (or will of all) slowly change to will of "us". American interest assumed in danger, and the people chose the "authoritarian" one to rules. Like in Athens, people should to war's preparing, not discuss. Another example also happened in Thailand. In there, liberal democracy and military junta came cyclical.
Seta, thank you for your comment and background on the history of democracy, i see you understand the history and dynamics towards the hard road towards a more perfect democratic system. In those days, the threat was not temporary authoritarianism, but permanent authoritarianism from outside, spartan rule. The current threat to normal liberal democracies is from within through temporary authoritarianism under extreme liberal democracies . So, the question here has an specific answer, and the question is: What do extreme liberal democracies need to do to ensure they stay permanently in power?.
What do you think the answer is?
If you are familiar with my papers on RETHINKING DEMOCRACY you may be able to answer it.
Respectfully yours;
Lucio
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