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"Democracy" isn't under threat. It's worse than that.

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Damir Marusic
Jan 20, 2021
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American identity is a funny thing. More so than in any other advanced democratic society (including among our ideological cousins, the French), “democracy” itself is key to our self-understanding. This fact has made the events of January 6 particularly difficult for us to parse. I’ll never forget my own reaction while watching the events unfold: “This …

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