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Stephen Ranck's avatar

It's a conundrum I ponder. Money, manipulation, ossification and our history all lead to this house divided. Of no help at all is the absence of independent electoral bodies to set voter registration, boundaries etc. And the failed experiment of our Electoral College about which there have been complaints at least since Andrew Jackson (and I'm no fan of his but he did have a point there).

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Virginia Witmer's avatar

Don’t forget climate change is a background (foreground to more and more of US) bringing fear to many who do not want to face it except with bad choices. That underlies much of the anti-democratic stupid choices people are making (DT and autocracy).

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Stephen Ranck's avatar

Completely agree.

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