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Sara Wallace Goodman on Citizen Responses to Democratic Threats

Democracy Paradox

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Is There a Difference Between Germany and the United States?

In Germany, polarization is not a similar threat in this sense. Because germany's not a two party system. And so i talk about in the theory that it's these cross cutting ties that make things like consensus possible and compromise possible. Not saying we always need to compromise, but sometimes it has to be in the tool box if the purpose of government is problem solving.

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