How Democracy Collapses: Lessons from the 1850s and Warnings for Today
Section One: A Slow Fall into ChaosThe United States didn’t stumble into civil war in 1861—it collapsed into it years earlier. By the 1850s, American democracy had already begun to unravel. Government institutions froze, political compromise dissolved, and the pursuit of raw power replaced any commitment to shared principles. Congress was stuck, political parties fractured, […]
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