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Full Title: How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System
Author: William Cooper
Pages to read: 196
ISBN: 9781802472066 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What features of American politics to work or have worked?
•What causes American politics to fail?
•What is tribalism and how does it affect the U.S.A.?
•How does tribalism effect cognition?
•How does social media effect politics?
•What is the American political structure?
•What threats does American politics face?
•How has politics been criminalized?
•Do people respect the voting system?
•How have Americans become untethered from reality and traditions?
•How should power be dispersed or centralized?
•What is the a effect of a concentration of power?
•What is the connection between individual freedom, government by consent, and majoritarian rule?
•What effect did the Articles of Confederation have?
•What are the articles in the Constitution?
•What are some constitutional abominations?
•What is the Three-Fifths Clause?
•How do gun ownership laws effect society?
•What are the Constitutional founding principles?
•Is America a direct democracy?
•How does politics effect Supreme Court justice?
•How is impeachment being used?
•How is checks and balances being used?
•What is federalism?
•Should process of outcomes be the focus of political systems?
•What is the effect of free speech?
•What institutions began restricting free speech?
•How can party politics become despotic?
•What is capitalism?
•What is the narrative fallacy?
•What is the availability bias?
•What is confirmation bias?
•What as the birther question?
•What are the forms of gerrymandering?
•Are people loyal to a philosophy or a tribe?
•How does political leaders’ behavior effect other people’s behavior?
•How does inequality effect politics?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.