Just as it takes a generations worth of time to delegitimize elections and trust, it will take at least another to return to legitimacy. This is the Cold Wars

Just as it takes a generations worth of time to delegitimize elections and trust, it will take at least another to return to legitimacy. This is the Cold Wars long term effects coming into play - when the US would lie to their citizens and install dictators across the world. The more realpolitik politicians get to make policy the more violent the world gets.