Great point. In a possibly strange sense, the fact that the us and the uk just carry on having basically very safe and functional democracies even with the comp

Great point. In a possibly strange sense, the fact that the us and the uk just carry on having basically very safe and functional democracies even with the complete lockdown in the uk from brexit, and perhaps slightly lesser lockdown in the us (polarization of dems vs republicans) is impressive. but it's really depressing to be living through it.