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US institutional decay and populism predate Trump, essay argues

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An opinion piece argues that the decline of American institutions and the rise of populism predate Donald Trump's presidency. The author points to a 2014 Foreign Affairs issue that discussed the US political system's decay, rigid checks and balances, and its inability to represent majority interests due to polarization and the influence of minority interest groups. This suggests that the issues attributed to Trump have deeper, long-standing roots in American governance. AI

RANK_REASON This is an opinion piece analyzing historical trends and attributing them to broader systemic issues rather than a single individual.

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US institutional decay and populism predate Trump, essay argues

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alex Lo ·

    Trump makes everything worse but he didn’t start it

    While cleaning my basement, I found an old copy of Foreign Affairs dated September/October 2014. If you didn’t look at the publication date but only its table of contents, you would have thought it was a recent edition. Titled “See America: Land of Decay & Dysfunction”, the editi…

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