June 2011
1 post
What is the value of free and fair elections?
What is the value of free and fair elections?
To form a legitimate government informed by the will of the people, of course. That, at least, is the textbook answer.
Except that the will of the people is never really served via elections, be it free and fair or otherwise. Elections merely provide a mandate for a particular political organization to administer a country’s affairs. How they manage...