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Rule by the lowest common denominator? It's baked into democracy's design

  • Written by Firmin DeBrabander, Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
imageThousands of people listen to President-elect Donald Trump speak in Orlando, Florida on Dec. 16, 2016. AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.

The Trump victory, and the general disaster for Democrats this year, was the victory of ignorance, critics moan.

Writing in Foreign Policy, Georgetown’s Jason Brennan called it “the dance of the...

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