[anigbrowl]

This is a bit off the beaten track for HN, but thanks for posting it. It's rare to see this sort of in-depth policy analysis in the click-driven daily news media. This is a very interesting time historically, but also a dangerous one. The Economist has also had some excellent coverage of these issues recently, not least a lengthy essay on democracy: http://www.economist.com/news/essays/21596796-democracy-was-... and this editorial: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21591853-century-there...

[kzahel]

I would hardly call that an essay. I would call it propaganda straight out of a public high school civics/US History textbook.