The 2020s are half over. The 21st century is a quarter complete. So it's the right moment to consider this century as one during which so much of what we assumed was given, solid and established by the end of the 20th century has cracked and crumbled.
We are used to hearing stirring defenses of democracy from those who oppose corrupt or authoritarian forces. But what do we make of the fact that the very structures and processes of democracy have so often yielded victories to those who would dismantle so many of the institutions and norms on which democracy rests?
We should not respond to the popularity and electoral ascension of leaders like Modi, Trump, or Prabowo as anti-democracy phenomena. More accurately, these electoral events are rejections of liberal democracy, not democracy in general.
Voters across the globe are using democracy to turn against the values of tolerance, justice, fairness, openness, and scientific discourse, suggesting a shift in the public's priorities.
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