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Posted on 03/29/2026 10:58:41 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A journal called Liberal Currents recently invited me to contribute to a scholarly symposium on what the editor, Adam Gurri, described as “how we can move to a new, stable democratic regime after Trump.” He was particularly interested in “what sort of accountability model should be pursued, especially if it has to be done on a partisan basis by a Democratic trifecta.” I disagreed with the premise of the symposium and declined.
The idea of “restoring democracy” after Donald Trump is widespread on the left. When we realize what this means, it should prompt those loyal to our Constitution to shore up the defenses.
First, some conceptual background. Countries that move from authoritarian to democratic rule are said to be in “transition to democracy.” Scholars have devoted significant attention to the questions of when, how and why these transitions occur. A general finding is that while structural weakness in authoritarian institutions can contribute to democratic transitions, it is insufficient. Democratic transitions happen when individuals break from the ruling elite and launch a reform faction.
Countries that move in the opposite direction, from democracy to authoritarianism, are said to be suffering “democratic backsliding.” An important finding here is that the process is different. Structural weakness in democratic institutions is usually sufficient to destroy democracies. Dictators merely step in and assume command.
The Democratic Party’s plan to “restore democracy” after Mr. Trump assumes that the Trump years represent democratic backsliding. The case for this claim is weak. Three prominent scholars wrote in Foreign Affairs in January that the U.S. had become an authoritarian regime. Much of the evidence they cited—like appointing “loyalists”—consists of the president’s exercising his duly constituted authority. Much of it—like the investigation of Mr. Trump’s opponents—is retaliation for similar activities by Democrats before Mr. Trump’s elections.
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Everything they want.
Think French Revolution
It’s the word communists use to fool ignorant dumbasses that really don’t know a thing about how government works and spends a lot of time getting confused about the government by the media toads who lies to them about how government is supposed to work.
They want a Democratocracy.
“We Deserve All of the Power”
Democracy = Mob Rule
Republic = Not
It’s why the democrats are pimping for it so much and hide the truth it’s something they can’t deal with ever.
A tyranny by 51% is still a tyranny.
democracy to them means total rule by the democrat party, that’s why it’s often said as “our democracy”
Maybe the first thing to do is to inform these ignorant morons that we don’t live in a democracy. In fact the founders explicitly avoided that.
The most fundamental law of our country, the constitution, specifically forbids any changes to it by a simple majority. In fact you have to have very high supermajority at many levels to make any chances to it.
To the extent that people can make their voices heard, it is through their representatives, thus we’re a “constitutional republic”.
Democracy is mob rule. The majority, plus 1 has their way. So if on any given voting day, if the proposal is to eliminate the constitution, buh bye constitution. If the majority votes to hang Joe Biden by the neck, to bad Joe. The founders knew democracy sucks, they were students of history. This is why we did not get democracy, we got a republic, with a constitution nearly written in stone. We have a republican form of government.
Interesting choice of words. Sounds pretty authoritarian to me.
They spell it Democracy but it’s really Dictatorship
They use the words, but they don’t know what they mean.
Bingo.
Yep.
One in which they and only they are in charge.
democrat rule
FUN WITH THE GRAND JURY!
(TAXES, TAXES, TAXES...!)
19 MINUTES
(BECAUSE THERE ARE SOOOO MANY TAXES NOW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRowujofkkY
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