Today, roughlyhalftheworld's peopleliveinsomeformofdemocracybutbyourratherstrictmeasurements, onlyabout 5% liveinwhatwecall a fulldemocracyand a goodthirdorsoliveinsolidauthoritarianregimeswith a bigportionofthatinChina.
Itmightseemlike a paradoxthatevenasdemocracyretreatsaroundtheworld, politicalparticipationhasgoneup.
民主主義が世界で後退するにつれ、政治参加が増加しているのは、矛盾のように見えます。
Butit's not, it's a reactionagainstthefactthatmoreandmorepeopleareawarethattheyareindangeroflosingsomeoftheirdemocraticfreedomsandthey'renotpreparedtotakethatlyingdown.
Thefactthatwedon't knowwho's goingtowin–maybetheincumbentparty, maybetheopposition–givesyou a sensethatitreallywillrepresent, roughly, thewillof a billionpeople.