The old-fashioned idea of democracy meaning that elections are held, the majority wins, and then both sides pretty much pull together and work for the good of the country until the next election, went away in the late 1990s, replaced by the pre-election differences continuing and becoming even more bitter and divisive in the years after elections.

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It would cost too much for executives to pull together skilled workers each morning, or to find an appropriate factory floor, or to transact regularly with someone to answer calls at the switchboard.

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They were able to pull things together, but it was this constant need to focus on every detail, about how much everything cost, how to prepare foods to get the most out of them.

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