Worth reading two interesting articles with different perspective but same conclusion. Kenan Malik argues that there is inherent tension between democracy and liberalism. The mob rule is part of the package of democracy and current crisis, rejection of liberal values, is crisis of liberalism and not democracy. While Nancy Fraser in her article in Dissent argues that it is the failure of progressive neocolonialism that undermined the economic interests of the their own constituents, working class, by adopting trade deals like NAFTA and TPP and promoting the interests of the wealthy.

Click links below for articles;

A crisis of Democracy or Liberalism by Kenan Malik  

End Of Progressive Neoliberalism by Nancy Fraser

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