The American democracy will be under stress, for decades to come. If the American people do not take action, to save it,
it will almost certainly cease to exist, at some point in the future. A nation's democracy is not held in place, by the laws of physics. It is an abstract concept that each person has in his or her mind. In our nation's history we have always had the problem of the people, who are living happy lives declaring that the United States is a great democracy, while the people living in slavery, and later under segregation, declaring, just the opposite. In my view the United States did not become a legitimate democracy, until the civil rights victories of the
1960's, were achieved. How can you say that my people were living in a democracy, when most of them were not allowed,
to vote?