Posted on 11/04/2024 11:59:44 AM PST by Olog-hai
… This (Jenga), I’d argue, is basically how we should be thinking about the stakes of the 2024 election for American democracy: an already-rickety tower of state would be at risk of falling in on itself entirely, with catastrophic results for those who live under its shelter.
We live in an era where democracies once considered “consolidated” — meaning so secure that that they couldn’t collapse into authoritarianism — have started to buckle and even collapse. As recently as 2010, Hungary was considered one of the post-Communist world’s great democratic success stories; today, it is now understood to be the European Union’s only autocracy. […]
Democratic collapse nowadays isn’t a matter of abolishing elections and declaring oneself dictator, but rather stealthily hollowing out a democratic system so it’s harder and harder for the opposition to win. This strategy requires full control over the state and the bureaucracy: That means having the right staff in the right places who can use their power to erode democracy’s core functions.
Trump and his team have plans to do just that. They have discussed everything from prosecuting local election administrators to using regulatory authority for “retribution” against corporations that cross him — all steps that would depend, crucially, on replacing nonpartisan civil servants who would resist such orders with loyalists. …
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
Barf or Laugh? Try “Puke.”
The danger is actually a million billion times worse than the author thinks. I’m not exaggerating.
Sorry, Beauchamp, but that IS alarmist.
These guys are beyond evil.
I would love to see the federal government at 1900 level authority but sadly the communists have taken over and they will not be giving up power. Look for a series of ‘programs’ to announced starting next week where the size of federal government is greatly expanded.
This clown is describing DemonRATs.
Barf, Puke, whatever!I can only surmise one step beyond that would be a colostomy?
— Pizza the Hut from “Spaceballs”
Zack, Zack, Zack. I wonder if you are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception of yours at the Democrats, who've been in power since 2020, and all they have done to "protect democracy". Ask Joe Biden how he feels about it, too, while you're at it.
Exactly.
Zack better check his adult diaper for fresh droppings.
There is nothing in the planet any more authoritarian than the federal government in the hands of the Demoncrats.
He’d do nothing they haven’t done to him.
“American democracy: an already-rickety tower of state would be at risk of falling in on itself entirely, with catastrophic results for those who live under its shelter.” That’s OK, this nation is a constitutional republic.
This is what happens when your god is government power.
Zach already has his visa application in for residency in Canada.
Definition of “Soviet”: A popularly elected governing body.
Good. Democracy sucks.
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Definition of “Soviet”
I thought it was a Russian napkin. (Bah Dum Tish!)
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