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EPISODE · Mar 29, 2024 · 47 MIN

Why Are US Politics Dysfunctional? Look at the Constitution.

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Josep Colomer explains why political polarization and infighting are so rampant in the United States. The framers of the Constitution designed it with more "checks" than "balances," making it far easier to stop rather than pass legislation. The framers did not anticipate how the two-party system would emerge and weaponize the mechanisms they created. Yet a few simple measures can go a long way in alleviating the worst of polarization.   You can follow Fair Observer on social media: LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/fair-observer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FairObserver Twitter: https://twitter.com/myfairobserver Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairobserver/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairobserver   Credits:  "Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

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