Two pandemics are sweeping the planet, and so far nobody has found a cure for either. There’s COVID-19 and there’s a global democracy blight causing political life in many countries to become more polarized and less democratic.
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Walter Russell Mead: The global political pandemic
(FILES) In this file photo people are detained as pro-democracy protesters gather in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 12, 2020.