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Maybe the lack of nuance is due to learning, through decades of experience, that the assumption “it won’t be done right” can be baked in.
by __egb__ 4mo ago
Maybe the lack of nuance is due to learning, through decades of experience, that the assumption “it won’t be done right” can be baked in.
- wongarsu 4mo agoSo people have a decades-long expectation that local government will fail them? This does sound plausible, but it's also pretty sad and not a sign of a healthy democracy
- jfengel 4mo agoI'm hard pressed to think of anyone who believes that America has a healthy democracy. Even those most recently elected continually claim that democracy is under threat.