If we didn’t already know it before, Donald Trump’s election has made it clear: our liberal democracy is in danger. Very much so. There’s no guarantee that authoritarian forces won’t also prevail here on our side of the Atlantic. So what should we do in this decisive election year 2017 – and beyond? How can we defend the substance of our democracy against increasingly bold and vocal deprecators – and not just at the voting booth? How do we encourage others to join us?
Journalist and philosopher Jürgen Wiebicke offers ten handy rules to help anyone begin anytime. Right outside our very own homes. In our daily lives. For – and this is something we need to remind ourselves of constantly – democracy is more than a form of governance; it is a form of life that we must continually revive and defend.
