Shadim Shaikh: Democracy is not a panacea, but it can lead to better economic outcomes. He says democracy should be about procedural mechanisms that serve the purpose of regulating conflict. It's an easier thing to explain and justify once you start backfilling liberal progressive ideas, he says. "I would like to think they'd be open to the idea that America shouldn't lose faith in itself"

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