Three interpretations of the US political chaos (none is good)
From long-term pessimism over deterioration of the Republican party, to actually evincing democratisation, the truth is complicated
09 January 2021 - 09:00
I still don’t really know how to make sense of the events of January 6. Instead of one interpretation, I see three different ways of thinking about what happened, and which probably need to be combined for full understanding. I’m not ready to do that combining right now, so instead I’ll give you the three perspectives.
I’ll start with the most pessimistic one...
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