Good article!
“American historian Christopher Lasch, whom Bork quotes, said “Liberals have always taken the position that democracy can dispense with civic virtue. According to this way of thinking, it is liberal institutions, not the character of citizens, that make democracy work.”
The reality, Lasch says, is that “formally democratic institutions” are not sufficient for a “workable social order.” If you doubt this, merely look at the conditions in our cities … which “approach those of the Third World.”
“democracy can dispense with civic virtue”.
It not only can, but always will.
That is why our Founders gave democracy a limited role in our governance.