Democracy: The Age of Idiots

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Karl Richter argues that democracy, by promoting incompetence and undermining societal protection mechanisms, has led to an age dominated by the dregs.

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Karl Richter

Karl Richter was born in Munich in 1962. After completing his military service, he studied history, folklore, Sanskrit and musicology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. From 2014 to 2019 he was the office manager of a member of the European Parliament; from 2008 to 2020 he was a member of the Munich city council.