The Cold War? Child’s play compared to what lies ahead, according to U.S. historian Robert Kagan. Trump, he says, is leading the world into the most dangerous era since 1945.

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    17 hours ago

    They call it a representative republic.

    Democracy has never been tried at a scale the size of the US. But I’d argue that it was the end goal on many who penned the US constitution, that it’s well past the point where it could have been reached, and that over and again it’s been held back by fools.

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      5 hours ago

      But I’d argue that it was the end goal on many who penned the US constitution

      The document which only granted white, land-owning males the right to vote?

      I think you’re a bit immersed in the mythology of American exceptionalism.