But recent events suggest an institutional failure of epic proportions.
Some people used to be certain that the world was flat. That the sun revolved around the earth. That kings ruled by divine right, that human slavery was beneficial to everyone, that twelve was the ideal age to bear children, that you beat your wife—of course you did—when she misbehaved. And these days many people are certain that the U.S.’s particular expression of representative democracy is the best possible political order in the history of the world. We’ve been wrong about important things before; we will be wrong again. And I think there’s ample evidence that we’re wrong right now.
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