Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone — Where Power Really Lives

Crisis in Perception · Jul 22, 2026 · 35m

Can democracy survive when political equality exists on paper but power remains concentrated throughout economic and institutional life?

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Using Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone by Astra Taylor as our lens, this investigation examines democracy as an unfinished practice of collective self-rule rather than a completed system secured by elections alone.

Taylor explores the paradoxes that democratic societies must continually negotiate: freedom and equality, conflict and consensus, inclusion…