2. Trump has been a stress test for American institutions and many have held up well: DOJ, Courts, press have all acted as checks on authoritarian push.
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3. The one institution that hasn't done well is congress, which hasn't fulfilled constitutional duty. But that's really GOP partisanship. Will change if Dems win either house in midterms.
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4. So, I'd say there's no broader crisis of democracy, but rather a GOP problem: https://newrepublic.com/article/148142/republican-party-not-trump-real-threat-american-democracy …
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So Susan Sarandon was right, after all?
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Good read Jeet
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You are confusing democratic rulers with democratic desires. When people protest in dictatorship, it is not a resurgence of democracy.
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