04-05-2021 14:28 via theguardian.com

US society is fraying at the seams. We need to think about our ‘civic infrastructure’ | Jan-Werner Müller

As banks and post offices shut down in rural America, and flights to remote areas become more expensive, many Americans are cut off
Infrastructure has been for bipartisanship what Thanksgiving is for American life in general: the last best hope for all of us coming together. For anyone who has been stuck on New Jersey Transit in a tunnel under the Hudson or felt trepidation when crossing a rusty bridge in the midwest, the need for massive investment in infrastructure is self-evident. But that ha
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