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The temptation of electoral tradition

The temptation of electoral tradition

Does tradition still define our electoral politics?

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Sam Mace
Feb 02, 2023
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Over 200 years ago, Mary Wollstonecraft and Edmund Burke went to task with each over the French Revolution. The French Revolution, whilst promising equality, friendship, and liberty, produced a reign of terror in a chaotic environment where no one was safe. Many assume debating over the French Revolution is merely a debate about values, yet it was also …

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