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Old 11-07-2022, 05:13 PM   #7111
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I'm kind of torn here because if we're being fair, the Trump years were absolutely a massive test to those democratic institutions and the country did, in fact, survive despite him and his cronies doing everything possible to undermine them. So they maybe do deserve a little credit for resilience.

But I'm also a pessimist and am tempted to say "yeah but the cracks that all caused aren't going to get repaired so it's more just a case of a delayed collapse".
Yes, but the Republicans have spent 2 years grinding away at the safeguards that by the slimmest of margins saved their democracy.
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