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Paul Kennedy posits that continued deficit spending, especially on military build-up, is the single most important reason for decline of any great power. The costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were as of 2017 estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion, which Kennedy deems a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to humiliate America by showcasing its casualty ...
Democracy 18 80 34 Economy 81 18 32 Abortion 24 76 14 Immigration 89 9 12 Foreign policy 56 39 4 Democracy threatened in the United States Democracy in U.S. very threatened 52 47 39 Democracy in U.S. somewhat threatened 48 50 34 Democracy in U.S. somewhat secure 47 50 17 Democracy in U.S. very secure 54 44 8
Democratic backsliding [a] is a process of regime change toward autocracy in which the exercise of political power becomes more arbitrary and repressive. [7] [8] [9] The process typically restricts the space for public contest and political participation in the process of government selection.
Since 2005, the U.S. has lost 2,900 newspapers.” The country is expected to “lose one-third of all its newspapers by the end of next year. There are about 6,000 newspapers remaining, the vast ...
For 250 years we have had this quaint notion that democracy was an end in itself. But all good autocrats know that democracy is just a tool to be discarded when it’s no longer useful. I’m ...
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Over its 248 years, the American constitutional republic has become more democratized. ... "We do lose sight of that in the rhetoric of an election seasons." ... Opinion: Democracy in America will ...
Jacob Grumbach published the State Democracy Index which evaluates states between 2000 and 2018 on the strength of their electoral democracy. While starting in 2002 and accelerating after the 2010 elections and redistricting, Grumbach finds American states under unified Republican Party control began significant backsliding, while Democratic ...