LONDON — The world is clearly passing through a crisis of political legitimacy. People in growing numbers do not trust their governments or their governing classes. In many cases they despise them.
Survey after survey shows that in many societies throughout the advanced world there is now a widespread lack of belief or confidence among ordinary people in the right of political leaders and the governing class to make decisions on their behalf.
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