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American Democracy Is Less Broken Than You Think
- Miner49er 6y ago"Less Broken" is still broken. Maybe people are finally waking up to the fact it's broken? Or maybe too much strain is being put on a large portion of Americans and it's making the brokenness of the system more apparent? Either way, "less broken than you think" doesn't make for a great defense of American Democracy.
- mips_avatar 6y agoLiving in Sweden in 2017 was eye-opening for me. There were massive counter neo-nazi protests in Gothenburg, basically shutting down the city. But no English-language newspapers even mentioned it. Every American protest is breathlessly covered by the international media, but not this huge protest in Sweden. I came back to the United States realizing that you can't measure the degree of a problem by the degree of news media coverage.
- IndySun 6y agoOnly Americans selling a book concluding America is well could conclude America is well. Very American. Hilarious.