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Citizens must save politics

The US has a new president, but the problems remain. Established politics will hardly solve them.

American politics is polarized. But the reason for this is not a cultural clash between rural America and the cosmopolitan elite.

Allison Shelley / Reuters

The US remains an endangered democracy. For a few weeks it looked like a “civil war” was raging among Republicans: for or against Trump. But now it is clear: The reality TV star continues to dominate. Contrary to what has often been said, we are not dealing with a mainstream center-right party, including an extreme wing, but with an anti-democratic association in which a moderate minority still asserts itself. What to do?

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