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Checks, Balances, Self-Interest? How The Old Model Of Western Democracy Went Off The Rails

A crowd of demonstrators raise their fist in protest. The image is black and white.
Demonstrators raise their fists in protest in Washington D.C. in June, 2020.

Political turbulence today may be sourced in a flawed consideration put centuries ago at the heart of modern democracy’s institutional mechanics: self-interest as the chief motivator of citizens and their representatives.

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