The problems facing the US aren’t unique to the US, they’re affecting most western democratic countries to varying degrees.
One of the biggest has been the slowest one to develop: a crisis of trust in and abandonment of the traditional institutions of society. The media, government at all levels, the legislative process, law enforcement and the courts, and civil society.
This crisis may be precipitated by but also contributes to a general breakdown of the social contract and an explosion of cynicism and authoritarianism in politics.
The problems facing the US aren’t unique to the US, they’re affecting most western democratic countries to varying degrees.
One of the biggest has been the slowest one to develop: a crisis of trust in and abandonment of the traditional institutions of society. The media, government at all levels, the legislative process, law enforcement and the courts, and civil society.
This crisis may be precipitated by but also contributes to a general breakdown of the social contract and an explosion of cynicism and authoritarianism in politics.