This is very scary but also believable and as predicted in the 1997 book “The Fourth Turning” which i read shortly after being published and never believed until about 12 years ago when what the authors predicted start to come true.
Summary: This is the scariest thing you’ll read this year. For a decade, since 4 July 2006, I’ve warned that the Republic was dying from our neglect — that the Constitution has died in our hearts (the only place it lived). Surveys, such as Gallup’s Confidence in Institutions poll, showed the rot. Now a larger survey reveals that the very foundation of the Republic is washing away while we remain complacent and self-congratulatory. See the For More Info section for ideas what to do about this.
“The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect.”
By Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk
In the Journal of Democracy, July 2016.
Read the full paper. Here is an excerpt. Headers and red emphasis added.
Summary
“The citizens of wealthy, established democracies are less satisfied with their governments than they have been at any time since opinion polling began. Most scholars have…
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