Dani Rodrik, the influential economist, discusses the challenges of balancing democracy, national sovereignty, and global economic integration in his trilemma concept. He argues that while populists openly state that these elements are incompatible, moderate political forces often overlook the consequences of extreme globalization. Rodrik warns that the rise of far-right populism, exemplified by figures like Trump, poses a significant threat not only to global integration but also to democracy itself, suggesting that a vital part of democratic governance is being jeopardized in this scenario.
The problem is that the populists are the only ones who are willing to explicitly say that you cannot have all those three things simultaneously.
The worst part, perhaps, is that the far-right populists that this process has empowered are not fundamentally interested in democracy.
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