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It is often said that the US is the world’s oldest democracy. While that is not necessarily incorrect, depending on the definition of “democracy,” it tends to obscure more than it illuminates about the reality of American life. If we start from the assumption that America has been a stable, consolidated democracy for two and a half centuries, the current political conflict seems utterly baffling: where is the anti-democratic radicalization of the Republican party – and so many million Americans – coming from all of a sudden?
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...mocracy-and-nice-republicans-are-no-exception
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...mocracy-and-nice-republicans-are-no-exception