The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

Was 2022 the Year History Ended?

It was a great year for democracy—but also a good one for the Right.

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Shadi Hamid
Dec 31, 2022
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Was 2022 the year history ended? Not quite. It’s premature to declare victory. Most victories aren’t permanent. But this was a year, and perhaps even the year, that democracy proved its resilience. Democracy in general and American democracy in particular should have never been in doubt, but they were. For months, large numbers of liberal, left-leaning …

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