Will current social, political and economic conditions encourage or discourage the formation of new (or newer) movements and social systems?

What do you see as a great threat or impediment to American democracy?

︎What, in your view, is the purpose of a government? 

︎Is democracy, as we know it, sustainable? Have we outgrown it, or has it outgrown us?

Have you ever switched political parties or been reluctant to openly identify with a party? Why?