American Democracy Still Has a Lot Going for It
A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.
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People of both parties seem rather okay with undermining core civil liberties in order to fight the pandemic.
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Today’s authoritarians use legal measures to subvert constitutional constraints on their power.
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In an unregulated marketplace of ideas, private citizens need to take up the burden of holding the line against racist extremism.
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