Yascha Mounk: “As someone who lived in many countries—including Germany, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom—before coming to the United States, I have long had the sense that American levels of partisan animosity were exceptionally high. Although I’d seen animosity between left and right in other nations, their hatred never felt so personal or intense as in the U.S.”
“A study just published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace confirms that impression… The authors’ conclusion is startling: No established democracy in recent history has been as deeply polarized as the U.S.”
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