What’s unique now is one of our political parties — the Republican Party — has fully embraced autocratic governance and is doing everything it can to stop “will of the majority” Democracy
As a retired AP US History teacher I love your posts, but today would disagree with some of your labelling and a couple of points. I always argue that our founders created a landed aristocracy, where that aristocracy got to vote so they could call it a republic. By the 1830s when the franchise extended to most white males over 21, it became a white supremacist republic/democracy. Today's crazies, I think really want a theocracy - where Evangelical Christianity rules in much the same way as the Mullahs in Iran. The passage of Civil Rights legislation took a lot of northern Republicans. From the Senate website "On June 10, a coalition of 27 Republicans and 44 Democrats ended the filibuster when the Senate voted 71 to 29 for cloture, thereby limiting further debate. " I thoroughly agree that Nixon's Southern Strategy and the appointment of Lewis Powell was the beginning of the slide where we seem to be approaching the bottom. I'm glad you got to the point to say that Democrats are not blameless - they have welcomed Black votes but have done little to protect or advance rights when they are in power. We are definitely in an analogous time to Tom Pain'es American Crisis.
With the pandemic, the shock value of the Republican agenda is lost. Their overt actions and the legislation they have passed in the states so far speak for themselves. This next election cycle could be even harder to dissect than usual. Confusion, mayhem, along with their voter suppression, is exactly what they will sow. It is the stock and trade of the Trump brand that is also now the Republican brand. SHAME on them.
As a retired AP US History teacher I love your posts, but today would disagree with some of your labelling and a couple of points. I always argue that our founders created a landed aristocracy, where that aristocracy got to vote so they could call it a republic. By the 1830s when the franchise extended to most white males over 21, it became a white supremacist republic/democracy. Today's crazies, I think really want a theocracy - where Evangelical Christianity rules in much the same way as the Mullahs in Iran. The passage of Civil Rights legislation took a lot of northern Republicans. From the Senate website "On June 10, a coalition of 27 Republicans and 44 Democrats ended the filibuster when the Senate voted 71 to 29 for cloture, thereby limiting further debate. " I thoroughly agree that Nixon's Southern Strategy and the appointment of Lewis Powell was the beginning of the slide where we seem to be approaching the bottom. I'm glad you got to the point to say that Democrats are not blameless - they have welcomed Black votes but have done little to protect or advance rights when they are in power. We are definitely in an analogous time to Tom Pain'es American Crisis.
With the pandemic, the shock value of the Republican agenda is lost. Their overt actions and the legislation they have passed in the states so far speak for themselves. This next election cycle could be even harder to dissect than usual. Confusion, mayhem, along with their voter suppression, is exactly what they will sow. It is the stock and trade of the Trump brand that is also now the Republican brand. SHAME on them.
What is going on here? Ivermectin pro and cons Dr Luis Garegnani and Dr Pierre Kory debate
What is going on here? Ivermectin pro and cons Dr Luis Garegnani and Dr Pierre Kory debate