And what to do about the hot spots around the world. Iran. Russia. China. Also, elections matter. And this weekends vote in brazil could have rough repercussions all over latin america. Maybe around the world. I will explain why we all need to pay attention. First, here is my take. The most consequential casualty of the recent confirmation battle is not Christine Blasey ford or brett kavanaugh. Its the Supreme Court and thus, american democracy. The court was one of the last bafti i bastions that towered above the fray. Its now part of the dysfunction that has overwhelmed almost the entire american political system. When i wrote a book about illiberal democracy, what saved the country were checks and balances on majority rule from the bill of rights to the senate to the judicial system. I was struck that in surveys, the three governmental institutions that commanded the most respect were ironically all fundamentally nondemocratic. The armed forces, the Federal Reserve and the Supreme C
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