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# James Curran
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/james-curran/
- Published: 2011-05-08T15:05:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T11:33:51.000Z
- Author: James Curran
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:59, #ImagesUploaded

Congratulations on being 10.

Also for having the vision to recognise the potential of the internet to enable a global conversation – and the inexhaustible energy and drive to reinvent yourself not once, not twice, but three times. And stay luminous as an international beacon for a decade.

Unfortunately, the proposition that advanced forms of democracy will prevail in 2050 is so absurd that it cannot be plausibly *explained*. It took over two centuries of struggle to secure often imperfect forms of democracy in parts of the world. ‘Open’, ‘pluralist’ democracy ‘over vast swathes’ is likely to take longer.

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James Curran's Media and Democracy/Routledge

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James Curran's Media and Democracy/Routledge

Author: James Curran