self-government

In 2022, Stephen Miller wrote, “If the idea of free speech enrages you — the cornerstone of democratic self-government — then I regret to inform you that you are a fascist.”

Her grandfather signed a petition against Irish self-government in 1912, when the whole island was still part of the UK.

Her hands are tied by D.C.’s unique status under the Home Rule Act, which granted limited self-government to the District.

The original six were motivated by the ambition to promote the Welsh language and its culture, as well as securing self-government for Wales.

It had to be thus, because populism is liberal democracy’s sinister cousin, bearing just enough resemblance to legitimate self-government to be deceptively dangerous.