My parents weren’t especially forthcoming about their politics, and it wasn’t immediately clear to me the way politics could have real effects on our day-to-day lives. For example, we occasionally went across the channel to Sault Ste. Marie, in Canada, for my brother’s hockey tournaments, and while there, my parents would always make sure to stop by a pharmacy to pick up cheaper prescription drugs, like Tobrex for pinkeye and amoxicillin for recurring ear infections and strep throat. But I never thought about this as a consequence of the American political system—that, like many other things,
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