The Doom Cycle

The public's pessimistic. The experts say, you know, one part of my analysis is what the public thinks of democracy. They're pessimistic. It filters down to em that smart people are also worried about this and we just get more and more wo where the background conditions didn't really change. I think it's fair to worry about that kind of cycle because democracy depends on everyone maintaining a commitment to play by the rules of the game - right? We're all agreeing that we're going to respect these rules, and they're going to govern our behavior. When we lose elections, we're gong to turn power over o the other side. You know, it's important to continually maintain