Liberal democracy is dying as the world converges on authoritarian beigeness

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Chinese President Xi Jinping appears on an electronic display on a Beijing street, 2018 Credit: Andy Wong/AP

Elites no longer believe in the people's vote, and right now they are winning

It is all too easy, with the benefit of hindsight, to mock Francis Fukuyama...

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