Posted on 12/01/2024 6:24:44 AM PST by xxqqzz
President-elect Trump ran much of his campaign based on retribution and absolute loyalty. As he prepares for a second term in office, what might that mean for the future of U.S. democracy? Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Jason Stanley, a Yale philosophy professor and author of “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.”
William Brangham:
President-elect Donald Trump ran a lot of his campaign promising retribution for his enemies and asking absolute loyalty from his supporters.
Now, as he prepares for a second term in office, Laura Barron-Lopez has a look at what that might mean for the future of U.S. democracy.
Laura Barron-Lopez:
William, according to the Associated Press, 55 percent of voters said they were very or somewhat concerned that Trump would steer the U.S. toward becoming an authoritarian country, one where a single leader or small group has unchecked power.
Still, more than one in 10 of those voters supported him anyways.
To discuss this further, I'm joined by Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future."
Professor Stanley, thank you so much for joining.
Why did voters on one hand acknowledge and express fear that the country could very well tip towards authoritarianism under Trump, but then on the other hand still vote for him?
Jason Stanley, Yale University:
The idea that democracy is a value upon which voters vote or place enormous priority on is false.
Voters prize a number of things over democracy, especially voters who have regularly lived in a country where you can replace leaders and parties by elections. The idea that democracy should be a value, well, that's something that schools and universities teach.
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This column. Reason No. 846,322,509 why PBS should be defunded.
Project much, PBS?
Prepare to be defunded assholes
The Biden Admin consisted of oligarchs in the shadows. Who has been running the country? We can guess, but we do not know. It’s certainly not the people we elected. Laws are not enforced. Law-abiding citizens are persecuted by political opponents. Bureaucrats have all the power. This is called “Our Democracy” by the media.
Now Trump has been elected by a mandate of the people. Trump has pledged to enforce the laws that have been passed by the legislative branch. This is called “Dictatorship” by the media.
Why taxpayer funds are being used to fund this leftist garbage at PBS and NPR is beyond me. The whole idea of taxpayer funded media came about in the 1960s when we had three television networks and that was it. Since then we probably have had 1000 self funded cable stations that receive no federal money; yet these bozos at PBS and NPR are among the most biased, vicious leftists on the air and they are using our money to do so. I remember the head of “news” at NPR saying he didn’t want any coverage of what the rest of us knew to be a stolen election; not even an inquiry. And they are paid high salaries with OUR money to do so.
Day 3 of POTUS 47:
Removal of public funds for OPB (if it cannot survive on donations, it should die as painful a death as Air America).
But he is trying to dictate to illegal invaders.
Authoritarian leadership. It worked with Pinochet.
BullDOGEd into the dustbin.
Keep goading the bull, PBS. He’ll have Elon after you in no time.
I absolutely love that they still DO NOT GET IT.
That means they will continue to repeat the same mistakes.
Totally agree.
Funny how Nationalized Public Broadcasting never saw any authoritarianism from Biden or Barak.
The Harris campaign promised the continuation of Biden era surveillance, suppression of free speech, Christian persecution and censorship, while PBS spews more lies about Trump. Defund PBS!
“Laura Barron-Lopez has a look at what that might mean for the future of U.S. democracy”. Well Laura, I might be worried about that if not for the fact this nation is a constitutional republic....if we can keep it.
Even their bake sales suck.
>>Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future<<
Why didn’t he just say,”How Trump Rewrites the Past...” ???
How Trump’s reelection signals a broader rejection of authoritarian big government
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