When will democracy end?

(written by Lawrence Krubner, however indented passages are often quotes)

Mussolini suggested that democracy could not work, because factions would inevitably reach a deadlock over issues that were very important to them, and once that happened, only a strong and powerful ruler would be able to break the deadlock and lead the nation. Mismanagement and grief: We must suffer them all again.

In the long run, however, Democrats won’t be the only losers. What Republicans have just gotten away with calls our whole system of government into question. After all, how can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared to be ruthless, to threaten the nation’s economic security, gets to dictate policy? And the answer is, maybe it can’t.