Posted on 10/24/2024 10:22:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democratic self-rule contains a paradox. It is a system premised on openness and competition. Any ambitious party or politician should have a shot at running for office and winning. But what if a major candidate seeks to dismantle that very system?
America confronts this problem today. Donald Trump poses a clear threat to American democracy. He was the first president in U.S. history to refuse to accept defeat, and he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Now, on the brink of returning to the White House, Mr. Trump is forthrightly telling Americans that if he wins, he plans to bend, if not break, our democracy.
Mr. Trump tells us he plans to prosecute his political rivals, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney and other members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee; deploy the army to repress protest; and order the deportation of 15 to 20 million people, including some legal immigrants.
We have been studying democratic crisis and authoritarianism for 30 years. Between the two of us, we have written five books on those subjects. We can think of few major national candidates for office in any democracy since World War II who have been this openly authoritarian.
The view that Mr. Trump poses a grave threat to democracy is shared by his former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, who called him “fascist to the core,” and by his former chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who described him as a fascist who prefers dictatorship to democracy.
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he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 electionSo much for editorial integrity: Trump has not been convicted of any such crime.
He was the first president in U.S. history to refuse to accept defeat, and he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“But what if a major candidate seeks to dismantle that very system?”
Bullshit. Open Marxists are everywhere in our politics. So I am more than happy to trust Trump, the legitimate president who has already shown us how he is in office.
“Mr. Trump tells us he plans to prosecute his political rivals, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney and other members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee; deploy the army to repress protest;”
Oh my GOD! He wants to prosecute them? What a shock, after 7 years of investigating and prosecuting and suing Trump. Continuously since 2017, that are shocked?
Anyway, everything was even. THEY committed numerous crimes against Trump, as president, and as in individual. They should be arrested.
It’s not retribution, it’s legitimate justice.
I still don't know what the 4 ways and 5th intaken way are.
I would be very grateful for a synopsis.
Methinks Cankles projects too much.
5.56mm
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