The powerful Republican tactics to defeat democracy Thom describes are amplified by two other factors. One is the demagoguery Trump unleashed, all through his presidency, in his endless manic rallies. The apex was the one on January 6, but they have continued undiminished. In five years now Trump has created a fascistic personality cu…
The powerful Republican tactics to defeat democracy Thom describes are amplified by two other factors. One is the demagoguery Trump unleashed, all through his presidency, in his endless manic rallies. The apex was the one on January 6, but they have continued undiminished. In five years now Trump has created a fascistic personality cult, the equal in every respect to Hitler's achievement in the 1930's. The cult's political might is displayed in the many election-denier candidates the GOP is currently campaigning, and even moreso by the overwhelming majority of Republican voters admitting to their comfort in voting for them.
We have, then, a very powerful political party attacking democracy head-on.
The other factor is the inherent delicacy and vulnerability of democracy itself. This is a long and detailed history, beginning with the Founding Fathers' open hostility to popular democracy and their ingenious writing of a Constitution to render it impossible. (Details here: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/19/democracy-defenseless-and-midterms-can-kill-it .)
No midterm election in history is more important than this one. Please, please vote--not "as if" but because your democracy depends on it.
The powerful Republican tactics to defeat democracy Thom describes are amplified by two other factors. One is the demagoguery Trump unleashed, all through his presidency, in his endless manic rallies. The apex was the one on January 6, but they have continued undiminished. In five years now Trump has created a fascistic personality cult, the equal in every respect to Hitler's achievement in the 1930's. The cult's political might is displayed in the many election-denier candidates the GOP is currently campaigning, and even moreso by the overwhelming majority of Republican voters admitting to their comfort in voting for them.
We have, then, a very powerful political party attacking democracy head-on.
The other factor is the inherent delicacy and vulnerability of democracy itself. This is a long and detailed history, beginning with the Founding Fathers' open hostility to popular democracy and their ingenious writing of a Constitution to render it impossible. (Details here: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/19/democracy-defenseless-and-midterms-can-kill-it .)
No midterm election in history is more important than this one. Please, please vote--not "as if" but because your democracy depends on it.