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I believe we're relying on certain institutions (ie the DOJ) to uphold the characteristics of a strained democracy (as opposed to an unfair democracy), so far that hasn't broken but time will tell.

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I feel like for the most part things are run smoothly. A little worse in Washington.

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We have only two dominant parties, unpopular candidates, shameless gerrymandering, corporate lobbyists, powerful donors, low trust in government, and non-representative one-party legislatures.