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What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrong

  • Written by Alasdair S. Roberts, Director, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrongArmed demonstrators attend a rally in front of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing to protest the governor's stay-at-home order on May 14, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

For many people, the lesson from the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – and more broadly from the experience of the last four years – is that American democracy...

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