{"id":3529,"date":"2019-05-08T05:45:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2019-05-08T05:45:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:15:54","slug":"on-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/08\/on-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"On democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hallmarks of democracy include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Communication is decentralized, with multiple sources of information.<\/li><li>Authority and power are constrained by a system of checks and balances.<\/li><li>Agendas and goals are established through discussion, not by leader Fiat.<\/li><li>There is a reciprocity of influence between leaders and citizens, as opposed to unidirectional influence from elites.<\/li><li>Group boundaries and roles are flexible, as opposed to there being a rigid social structure.<\/li><li>The minority opinion is encouraged as a means of obtaining a better decision, and the rights of those in the minority are protected.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Excerpt from \u201cAge of Propaganda.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hallmarks of democracy include the following: Communication is decentralized, with multiple sources of information. Authority and power are constrained by a system of checks and balances. Agendas and goals are established through discussion, not by leader Fiat. There is a reciprocity of influence between leaders and citizens, as opposed to unidirectional influence from elites. Group &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/08\/on-democracy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On democracy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,187,1],"tags":[609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3531,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions\/3531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}