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- Take it from a Russian – the alternative to Western democracy is far, far worse https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/immigrants-love-letter-west-konstantin-kisin-review-russia-love/ 5 comments
- Poll finds support for exploring alternatives to democracy, using violence to stop opponents https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4262455-poll-americans-trump-biden-voters-support-alternatives-to-democracy-violence-stop-opponents/ 50 comments politics
- How ‘alternative facts’ threaten US democracy https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/25/how-alternative-facts-threaten-us-democracy 25 comments politics
- German Democracy in Crisis: Alternative für Deutschland in Thuringia https://www.thebattleground.eu/articles/2020/02/12/german-democracy-in-crisis/ 3 comments internationalpolitics
- Alternative for Democracy: The AfD's Ongoing Slide toward Right-Wing Extremism https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-populist-afd-party-continues-slide-to-extremism-a-1286286.html 3 comments europes
- Rex Tillerson says 'alternative realities' are a threat to democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-trump-aide-rex-tillerson-says-alternative-realities-are-a-threat-to-democracy/2018/05/16/4d0353f0-594b-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.html 121 comments politics
- The Alternative to Fervent Nationalism Isn't Corporate Liberalism—It's Social Democracy http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/07/11/alternative-fervent-nationalism-isnt-corporate-liberalism-its-social-democracy 16 comments politics
- 'Indian democracy cannot be a tyranny of the unelected': Arun Jaitley's 'alternative view' on NJAC verdict http://m.firstpost.com/politics/indian-democracy-cannot-be-a-tyranny-of-the-unelected-arun-jaitleys-alternative-view-on-the-njac-verdict-2473218.html 4 comments india
- Is Democracy Possible? The alternative to electoral politics http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/pubotbin/toccer-new?id=burisde.xml&data=/usr/ot/&tag=democracy 6 comments politics
- Defending Democracy Through Elections Won’t Be Enough to Stop Fascism: The left must present a radical alternative to both fascism and capitalist democracy. https://truthout.org/articles/defending-democracy-through-elections-wont-be-enough-to-stop-fascism/ 44 comments politics
- The Varied—and Global—Threats Confronting Democracy: As China and Russia proffer alternatives, the U.S. system shows signs of strain https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-variedand-globalthreats-confronting-democracy-1511193763 34 comments politics
- 3 Anti-Inflation Alternatives to Raising Interest Rates: Tackling inflation requires reining in private markets—and embracing economic democracy. https://inthesetimes.com/article/inflation-interest-rates-federal-reserve-capitalism 21 comments economics
- Russian Embassy: "Do you believe that exposure to alternative views/media, incl.RT, could undermine Britain and your democracy?" https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/818466276309876737 12 comments russia
- Instead of Bombs and Bribes, Let’s Try Empathy and Trade by Rep. Ron Paul - Without much humility or regard for human life, our foreign policy has been reduced to alternately bribing and bombing other nations, all with the stated goal of "promoting democracy." http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2009/10/05/instead-of-bombs-and-bribes/ 9 comments politics
- Con Law: How a Fake Document Could Help the Supreme Court Diminish our Democracy They’ve adopted alternative facts, but are the conservative justices ready to embrace fraud? https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/moore-v-harper-charles-pickney/ 25 comments politics
- Bill Barr's alternate universe "investigation" has a goal: Right-wing authoritarian rule | Barr's "criminal investigation" of the Russia probe is the fruit of a long-running far-right plan to kill democracy https://www.salon.com/2019/10/25/bill-barrs-alternate-universe-investigation-has-a-goal-right-wing-authoritarian-rule/ 336 comments politics
- Germany’s foreign minister rejected China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, warning it's not in interests of democracy or freedom...West needs to offer alternative...China alongside Russia “constantly trying to test and undermine the unity of the EU”, seeking to influence with “sticks and carrots”. https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/china-undermining-us-with-sticks-and-carrots-outgoing-german-minister-20180219-p4z0s6.html 14 comments worldnews
- "The apparent waning of U.S. power has opened up the possibility of a new geopolitical order, and the worldwide financial crisis and the rise of China have shaken the conventional wisdom that capitalism and democracy are superior to the alternatives." http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?aid=1807 3 comments worldnews