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Our entire system had basically been running on the honor system for at least 150 years. Sure there were major problems under the surface (and goodness help you if you weren't a straight white male) but it basically functioned because everyone just agreed it should function. We now have a large portion of both the population and the political leadership who don't want it to function anymore. You can't have an honor system without honorable people.
I think the most shocking thing about Jan. 6 is how easily it happened—that the GOP enabled this at all levels of American politics, and now how they show open disdain for the US Constitution and it’s values.