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In the west, the lack of an active civil society is politically worrisome. Civil society is the home of organized disagreement with government but also a home of innovative ideas and the force for change. Without it, democracy is politically adrift. Rulers can never be certain of the quality of information they get. People lose the sense of community that comes with civility and social capital. There are information and emotional holes in society.
What does a society look like without civility? China is a good example.
“We don’t trust nobody nobody sent”- old Chicago saying in ward politics. And we don’t need no stinking civil society. And a short itemization of failures internationally. You remember – In 2019, the NBA was banned in China and criticized strongly in the US for first, failing to punish executive Daryl Morley over a personal comment on Taiwan and then second, for failing to protect Morley and his free speech rights. There is no good way out for many American businesses.
