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> once Liberals are back in power they need to demonstrate that they can actually solve the challenges people are facing

My big fear is that too many people will just go "phew, glad that terrible epoch is finally over, never to return again" :-(

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My big fear is that the politicans continue making effective good policy and fail to effectively celebrate the wins because the media is just making up lies and downplaying everything in the most cynical way possible. Thats why I also think there is a need for average people to also actively boost the politicians.

This, too! I do agree. But we shouldn't underestimate the existence of real systemic issues that are making life hard for many people. (And the Americans should not underestimate the failures of their political and state system to contain Trump. That, too, needs massive reform – and all the sounds coming out of the opposition there is a yearning for Trump to be "over", which worries me.)

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