Piketty thinks South Africa needs to redistribute land. Democracies can’t do that. Dictators can.
In op-ed, Asst. Prof. Michael Albertus says ‘democracy itself is creaking under the weight of popular pressure’ of land reform in South Africa

Michael Albertus
Title: Professor of Political Science; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs in the Division of the Social Sciences
Expertise: Authoritarianism, Democracy, Politics
Departmental website: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/michael-albertus