"Elections aren't democracy"

Elections aren’t democracy, as we understand it. They are one facet of a liberal order, as we understand it. And so in a lot of countries, you know, the first question is, if you go back to Roosevelt’s four freedoms, the first question is freedom from want and freedom from fear.

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If people aren’t secure, if people are starving, then elections may or may not address those issues, but they are not a perfect overlay.

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