let me conclude this program about american democracy by looking at germany again. after its hellish descent to tyranny the country recreated itself and today germany appears to be an almost stable democracy. merkel served solidly for 16 years and she s been succeeded by the former finance minister kts another moderate. the country s policies seem to have shifted in marginal ways. but behind that calm lie more turbulent currents. as a scholar notes, for decades germany s two main political parties on the left and right taken together you recally got about 90% of the vote but they just got under 50% in the 2021 federal election. the political fragmentation and happening across the western