Tearing Down the Edifice of American Democracy

Scott Ritter- The joists & beams that hold U.S. democracy are not as flexible as they appear. They are the byproduct of societal passion of two political parties and are on the brink of failure.

The joists & beams that hold U.S. democracy are not as flexible as they appear. They are the byproduct of societal passion of two political parties and are on the brink of failure.

The fact of the matter is that politics—at least how it is practiced in the United States—is more about perception than reality. The nuance associated with lawmaking, the arcane art of manufacturing the rules and regulations that hold society together, are hidden and therefore unknown to the vast majority of those who participate in the electoral processes that are the hallmark of American democracy.

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