Societies have sadly given up on policy and gone back to politics
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A Democratic voter uncommitted to US President Joe Biden rallying outside a polling station in Dearborn, Michigan, during the state's Democratic primary election on Feb 27.
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Robin Harding
The elections taking place around the world in 2024 are some of the most consequential in modern history – and yet they somehow have all the appeal of a contest for student council president.
For these are elections without ideas, full of politics without policy and fierce debate over values but none over direction. It is a bitter, baffling world for those who have devoted their lives to thinking about how society might organise itself better.
