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The world will be riveted by the spectacle of tense presidential transition on Jan. 20. It will mark the worst of times, but also the best of times, for America’s democratic experiment. In 1860 the American republic came apart over the real and morally profound issue of slavery; in 2020 and 2021 it
almost came apart as a result of a simple and common power grab by a corrupt and power-hungry leader refusing to leave office or accede to the will of the people. The latter crisis is familiar to populations the world over.
But the powerful positive example of the peaceful transition of Jan. 20 is that, despite the efforts of a powerful president, the support of a large cross section of the population, and a majority of one of the country’s main political parties, the institutions of democracy held, the people’s votes were counted, the courts defended the results fairly, and the would-be tyrant of a post-democratic America is being quietly ushered out the Wh