Democratic Apathy

The existence of junk mail is proof democracy doesn't work.

Mixed improvements

Mixed Impact of Communication on Democracy

There is an aspect of democracy that is like investing, where you're a winner if six out of ten trades are good. Every supposed improvement to democracy has ultimately had slightly-better-than-mixed results.

Demagogic vote segmentation

In the U.S., every odd-numbered class is pitted against the evens: middle-class against the 1%, lower-class whites against blacks.

Tyranny of the majority

Racism is precisely the tyranny of the majority that the Founders feared would happen in a democracy.