COMPARED TO DICTATORSHIP, one-party states, and oligarchy, democracy is pretty good for freedom. But that’s a bit like saying Karen is the nicest of the Plastics in Mean Girls.
People often describe democracies as free countries and other forms of government as unfree. There are two different, though compatible, reasons why.
As a matter of fact, democracies tend to be more liberal than nondemocracies. Despite being a critic of democracy, I’ve published papers making this
