Strange paradoxes surround us. We are fascinated by the protests in Belarus, where citizens try to challenge a fraudulent electoral result in the street. In turn, the spectacle of Trump's anomalous America keeps us saddened, crossing our fingers so that the tycoon, the true virus of our time, does not take advantage of the mechanisms and rules of democracy in order to undermine it and stay in power. It is an asymmetric dynamic that shows how, while some struggle to build a true democracy, others seem to abandon it, causing its progressive deterioration. ...
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