The Editor of the Financial Times, Roula Khalaf, addressed a letter to its readers welcoming to Democracy 2024 with a series of articles and short films marking an extraordinary year ahead. “More than half the global population is potentially voting in elections this year. Some of these polls will be rightly celebrated as evidence of people’s power, others will be fraught and more an exercise in window dressing than an expression of free will. In some cases, the vote may usher in or reinforce the power of a leader whose commitment to democracy is itself under question.
” Democracy as an idea remains the most powerful of aspirations, but the health of many democracies is increasingly challenged.” The debate begins in its pages with pieces like: “What the West forgot about Democracy,” “The Rising Threat to Democracy of AI-powered Disinformation,” and “Can democracy survive 2024?”
The films are free to watch by following this link:
https://www.ft.com/content/19e1aea2-27c0-47e6-a278-5ae2ead6d5ea?shareType=nongift
We invite our readers to watch these thoughtful films.
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