Unresponsive democratic governments fail.
One deadly feature of such governments is a lack of transparency. When leaders decided citizens didn’t need to know about the workings of government, citizens lost a lens to determine how responsive government was, often this created mistrust, which led to anger and eventually, rebellion.
I was heartened when police body-worn camera bills were proposed in the S.C. legislature — it was a direct check on the power of the state’s executive branch by the legislature. Continue>>>
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