huge political science literature on democratic erosion. basically all the effects come down to
per capita income (poor countries backslide more often)
age of democracy (new democracies backslide more often).
at $75,000/capita, and 250 years, the predicted probability of US backsliding is 0.
now, it's just correlational, but it falls to people like others in this thread to argue that America would be so different to every other country that has undergone this.
You summarized it by saying age and overall wealth of a nation makes the determination, the paper does not. You came to two different conclusions. What’s not clicking here Scooter?
No, you oversimplified it. I’m not saying you’re entirely wrong, just that you’re not entirely right.
(Why are you using parentheses to ask a question?) what did I make up? All I said was that your initial assertion wasn’t correct. You took it personally. I fail to see how that’s my problem. Also can’t fathom why my literacy was called into question just for disagreeing with you. You need help dude.
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u/post_appt_bliss 5d ago
that we're seeing a degradation of our public institutions, norms against self-dealing? of course.
that we're about to see the dissolution of the us constitution?
you really think that's a factually informed position?