Whether you believe democracy is in peril in the United States, or whether you believe a sentiment like this dramatically inflates our current level of vulnerability, it’s fair to say that, under any sober analysis, American democracy has recently undergone some stress tests.
When this happens, when a foundational ideal like representative government is shaken from its slumber as a background condition for society, as an assumption taken for granted, and comes up for discussion as a pressing issue in its own right, it provides plenty of opportunities to reveal what exactly we think about it.
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