Subject: Re: Laboratories of Anti-Democracy
WTH: One could argue the European Union effort (and subsequent Brexit) are examples of the strife generated when trying to rationalize modern economic / social / civil rights issues across a swath of interests comparable to that of the US.

Precisely. I looked at Orban and he has rigged the vote in his country and it doesn't look like the EU has called him out on it. I'd have to look harder to see voter suppression. While I do get pessimistic at times, most of the time I'm optimistic. Our Democracy is the product of rational minds seeking the common good and we have to remember that. When we formed we were leaving the aristocratic world behind - sorta.