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Political scientist Ilya Lokshin on the origins of democracy, elections, and the Founding Fathers of the United States Read the transcript on the website: https://postnauka.ru/video/154977 Ilya Lokshin (https://postnauka.ru/author/lokshin) — PhD in political science, HSE It is fashionable to criticize democracy now, but despite this, it remains a publicly recognized political norm of our time. Regardless of the real picture, democracy is often defined through a special procedure — elections. In this lecture, I want to understand the meaning of democratic elections. Support PostNauka — https://postnauka.ru/donate/ More lectures, interviews, and articles about fundamental science and the scientists who create it can be found on the website http://postnauka.ru/. PostNauka — everything you wanted to know about science, but didn’t know who to ask. Political Philosophy in the Modern World: https://postnauka.ru/courses/54956 Democratization: https://postnauka.ru/tv/154813 Follow us on social networks: VK: https://vk.com/postnauka FB: / postnauka Twitter: / postnauka Odnoklassniki: https://ok.ru/postnauka Telegram: https://t.me/postnauka