Ezra Klein and 'The Demon in Democracy'

<![CDATA[    In the best political book of the last ten years, 2006’s The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies, Polish scholar Ryszard Legutko lays out a sobering case that Western democracies often exist with a “demon” inside them. The demon is the idea that nothing should stand in the way of “progress” - not tradition, not faith, not family or community. This demon can ultimately collapse a culture.]]>