{"id":18895,"date":"2026-04-06T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18895"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:03:23","slug":"democracy-today-expressed-as-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/democracy-today-expressed-as-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"DEMOCRACY TODAY EXPRESSED AS CHEESE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18895\" class=\"elementor elementor-18895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>I drew this cartoon out of a growing feeling that democracies all over the world are under increasing threat from a variety of sources. 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