The recent rise of co-development ideals in the most progressive countries bears witness to this tendency. Co-development is the process of improving the quality of debate, dialogue and deliberation throughout all of society and across the political spectrum. It works from the supposition that we can’t possibly be right about “everything” and hence always need to learn from one another, friend or foe; if nothing else just to see where they’re coming from. This, of course, is a deeper democratic ideal and an early sign of a further deepening of democracy.
