The Process of Democratic Decay in the United States

Franklin Foer: The united states was starting to enter a period of democratic decay, although not perhaps in every way. In his famous 19 68 book, a political order and changing societies, Sam huntington talked about the process of political decay where societies developed faster than political institutions. So i do think that the ability of a political system to meet expectations is critical for stability. But the reason that they don't meet expectations oftentimes has to do with two factors. One being excessive rigidity of the system, it's too hard to reform.