Barack Obama: “Our democracy is more unstable than any time in my lifetime.”

“And this fierce partisanship is actually part of the design of the system. I think it is true that we are. More divided and that Our democracy is more unstable than any time in my lifetime. Not in American history. I mean, you know, we did have, like, a Civil war and stuff. I mean, there have been some pretty. Pretty big, you know, breakdowns in the process.” (31:09–31:16)

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