http://www.economist.com/news/essays/21596796-democracy-was-most-successful-political-idea-20th-century-why-has-it-run-trouble-and-what-can-be-do

my takeaways:

- states will need to adapt to survive.
- new forms of competitive government will emerge challenging states in
their ability to provide for people.
- democracies engage in short term investment at the expense of long
term growth to win voter approval (burning good credit).
- we have the technology.
- people are dependent on government while disdaining it, demanding more
forcing it to overexpand and overburden itself.
- party membership and voter turnout is falling drastically. states will
need to change or face extinction.
- consensus decision making is ineffective.
- relentless expansion of state is reducing individual liberty.
restraints needed on this overreach.