the other thing is that conservatives resolutely do not see the purpose of education as providing social mobility but as reifying and deepening existing inequalities of status. they are as hostile to low income students getting admission to elite institutions as they are black ones.

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She's also ignoring well-documented, ongoing, & intensifying efforts to subvert state-level election processes, including by replacing & intimidating state election authorities. These last few guardrails she's highlighting are *right now* under intense pressure & demonstrably fraying.

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This is the bottom line of democratic resilience in her estimation: there are remaining guardrails that would be hard to subvert. Notice the absence of traditional guardrails Americanists would have highlighted in years past that have all failed: checks & balances, courts, norm-enforcing elites.

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Reversing democratic backsliding is hard at the best of times & is only made more difficult when top experts in American politics tell us in unmistakable terms, in high profile outlets, that 'things are fine' or, even worse, 'by (US) historical standards, US democracy is still in fine shape.'

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How did you find out the young man’s identity, @wsj.com? hmm?

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