But it's also a mark of democracy at work, a retrograde aesthetic that signifies, and maybe even promotes, a form of social progress.
Today, the plagues are upon us: proliferating acts of barbarity, marked erosion of democracy, the rising racism of Israelis and Palestinians, reciprocal dehumanization, rising anti-semitism and the stigmatization of Israel around the world.
According to Dahl, this is the first great hiatus that marks the arrival of democracy.
2014 also marks 20 years of democracy, but there are numerous economic challenges ahead.
This year marks 20 years of democracy in South Africa, and only 10% of the land has changed hands from whites back to blacks.
Since then, he has been outspoken against same-sex marriage, which he has said "marks the end of democracy in America".
It's a great mark of our democracy that RT is free to do so here.
The league, with Smith on its executive committee, said it would "mark the end of democracy".
Then, too, opponents claimed it would mark the end of democracy.
WHEN President George Bush visits Latvia, and then the Netherlands, Russia and Georgia, between May 6th and May 10th, his role, says the White House, will be to "honour the shared sacrifice of millions of Americans and Europeans to defeat tyranny, and mark the growth of democracy".
