Why we are where we are

Why we are where we are

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/08/why-we-are-where-we-are

EXCERPT: [T]he liberal institutions of a modern democracy—free speech, a free press, freedom of association, universal adult suffrage, majority rule and protection of minority rights, religious freedom, and so forth—rely for their credibility, and their tensile strength under pressure, on cultural foundations those liberal institutions cannot, by themselves, create or defend.