Helpful reminder from @tzimmer_history "In a stable, functioning democracy, citizens would not have to constantly grapple with the potential demise of the Republic or invest significant mental resources into compartmentalizing and ignoring the political surroundings in order to get on with their everyday burdens and responsibilities." https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/maga-on-the-beach-redux
@ERBeckman disagree: democracy is always on the edge just by the nature of that system, so citizens will always have to be wondering about the maintenance of their governance.