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Friday, December 31, 2021

Political Risk – Future of US Democracy

How does this end? Where the crisis in American democracy might be headed.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22814025/democracy-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-election-violence
 
How to think about the threat to American democracy
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/01/01/how-to-think-about-the-threat-to-american-democracy
 
Asymmetric polarization is a powerful thing
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/01/01/the-republicans-are-still-donald-trumps-party-and-they-can-still-win
 
The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-american-polity-is-cracked-and-might-collapse-canada-must-prepare/
 
The Top 14 Causes of Political Polarization
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/05/16/the-top-14-causes-of-political-polarization/
 
Why So Many Democracies Are Floundering
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/democracy-fragmentation-america-europe.html 
Richard H. Pildes:
We pay too little attention to delivering effective government as a critical democratic value. We are familiar with the threats posed by democratic backsliding and the rise of illiberal forces in several democracies, including the United States. But the most pervasive and perhaps deepest challenge facing virtually all Western democracies today is the political fragmentation of democratic politics.