Maybe the lack of nuance is due to learning, through decades of experience, that...

wongarsu · 2026-07-04T11:59:54 1783166394

So people have a decades-long expectation that local government will fail them?

This does sound plausible, but it's also pretty sad and not a sign of a healthy democracy

jfengel · 2026-07-04T16:06:16 1783181176

I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who believes that America has a healthy democracy. Even those most recently elected continually claim that democracy is under threat.