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Originally Posted by GGG
That democracy in the US is not as broken as democracy in Russia was at the time.
So faith in the structures that have been built will take longer to destroy and will require a little more lip service to traditions while breaking them down.
I’d note that you have been doomsday prophisizing more rapid decline then is occurring for quite a while.
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Having faith in institutional democratic structures is how we got here in the first place. It started off with Trump denying mail in ballots, followed by him calling Governers to overturn votes, which resulted in Oence having to emotionally accept election results, which resulted in January 6 calling for the hanging of Mike Pence. Breaking democratic structures. The structures in place saved the day, but it was close. And here’s the start of the intentional breaking of democratic norms.
We started with presidential immunity given by the courts. Now we have Trump openly bribing for votes (see Musk and his $1,000,000 donations a day), plans of mass deportations without due process, openly calling for prosecution of his enemies, which could very well transition into demonizing people who voted democrat, and it feels as if you’re brushing aside legitimate (and perhaps over the top, but understandable) concern for the destruction of democracy. Does it really matter how long it takes the democratic structures to fall if we’re already experiencing it, with little to no solution, even if Harris wins the election? The republicans are hell bent on restructuring the US government norms, regardless if Trump is in power or not. He’s just the best avenue for it. The party has been fully taken over by extremists unwilling to compromise in most situations. We’re already here. The link to strong democracy is gone. And now Republicans, aided by Trump, are salivating over breaking every chain of it.