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Sara Høyrup: On the Banalization of Democracy

ON THE BANALIZATION OF DEMOCRACY | essay

Europe is ill prepared for populist campaigns running contrary to any healthy concept of democracy. While the European institutions have timidly withstood the Catalanist lobby’s winging and whining, member state media and parliamentarians have warmed to the secessionist claims of group rights. Little does the claque care that these supposed rights are made up of self-serving ”misunderstandings” of international legislation. Everybody loves a good cause; and simple narratives make the media’s job as watchdog so much easier.
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EL BULETÍN PARROQUIAL | análisis

Quien siente concordia con la causa nacionalista en Cataluña, se siente a gusto leyendo este periódico. Provoca un sentir idílico porque es una cámara de eco arropadora que no estresa al lector desafiando sus creencias. Aquí se lleva a cabo debates internos del separatismo, y se da instrucciones cohesionadoras a los militantes del movimiento amorfo y variopinta; pero nunca jamás se cuestiona si la causa es tan justa como se presenta a sí mismo. El sentido crítico que sostiene Ara tener, no lo emplea en ningún momento para cuestionar el credo.

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