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Deliberative Democracy Is a School of Thought That's Arguably Dominant Within Democratic Theory
In his new book, David Frum tackles the concept of deliberative democracy. He argues that it's a watered down version of what happened in North Korea. It has this pretense to be highly democratic but is really about trying to incorporate the will of the people through dialogue and dialoguing," he says. "If at the outset, the rules are set up that you can't actually discuss certain topics ... then how democratic is that?"