D’s Reviews > The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission > Status Update

"At the present time (1975), a significant challenge comes from the intellectuals and related groups who assert their disgust with the corruption, materialism, and inefficiency of democracy........ This development constitutes a challenge to democratic government which is, potentially at least, as serious as those posed in the past by the aristocratic cliques, fascist movements, and communist parties."