Hurting Democracy Won’t Help the Economy
Our fellow citizens need to think about what life will look like if the GOP wins.
by Tom Nichols
Oct 25, 2022
5 minutes
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The races in the midterm are tightening up, but everyone who cares about democracy should resist the urge to turn the election into a referendum on inflation.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
- Michael Flynn’s desecration of the Christian faith
- The wreckage of neoliberalism
- Why Biden’s block on chips to China is a big deal
More Than the Price of Gas
Last summer, it seemed like the Republicans were going to face a reversal of political gravity, and the Democrats would keep their majority during a first midterm election under a Democratic president. Historically, this is hard to do: decision overturning , angering millions.
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