Democracy Café

To the extent that citizens don't care for and about one another, and don't have one another's backs, can a supposedly democratic country really be said to be 'democratic'? High school senior and all-around thoughtful and engaged democratic citizen Skyler Fredson is living right now in a small city in Belgium while taking part in an exchange program for the academic year. Now that he has several months under his belt residing in Belgium with a host family and observing the ins and outs of everyday life, and academic life, I've been wondering how, in Skyler's estimation, their democracy compares with ours.