'We are in the process of learning how 40 years of an ideology bent on undercutting our government 'in Washington' has eroded central power just when we could have most used it to provide a coordinated response to Covid-19.' | David Stasavage, CNNOpinion
David Stasavage, the author of the new book"The Decline and Rise of Democracy," is dean for the social sciences at New York University and the Julius Silver professor in NYU's Department of Politics. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own; view more opinion at CNN.
For many, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weakness of our federal government. The question is what could be done about it, and how it could be done in a way that strengthens democracy instead of undermining it. There are several paths that we could take in response to this crisis, and only one of them is desirable -- strengthening the federal government by first making investments to reduce distrust among the citizenry.
The United States has a form of government where a great deal of power rests with state and local authorities, even when compared to many other contemporary democracies such as France or the United Kingdom. That's a product of the way our country was first settled by Europeans, often in in small communities amidst a vast wilderness where strong central control, either from England or from capitals of the colonies, simply wasn't feasible.
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