Donald Trump is the grotesque embodiment of market principles. In climbing back from his disastrous four years, one of our aims must be to wrest back democracy from the market.
Source: Donald Trump Was a Monster Forged by the American Free Market
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The United States Is Badly In Need of Democratic Reform
America’s political institutions are designed to keep democracy at bay. But evidence is mounting that Americans have had enough and want reform.
Source: The United States Is Badly In Need of Democratic Reform
The New York Post Is Terrified That Socialists’ Demands Are Popular and Their Methods Are Democratic
The New York Post is screaming that if the city isn’t careful, socialists will “really take over.” The paper is terrified that average New Yorkers actually like the socialist platform — and that socialists are very good at organizing to win it.
Source: The New York Post Is Terrified That Socialists’ Demands Are Popular and Their Methods Are Democratic
When Did Democracy become a Partisan Issue? The Dilemmas of Late Neoliberalism
Southwest Harbor Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Many US citizens take comfort in the conviction that progress toward democracy …
Source: When Did Democracy become a Partisan Issue? The Dilemmas of Late Neoliberalism
Right-Wing Populism and the End of Democracy
For many reasons, democracy is associate with the word liberal. A liberal shows commitment to fundamental democratic values such as freedom of speech, the separation of powers, and the protection of individual rights. In this understanding, George W. Bush is as much of a liberal as Barack Obama. In the American understanding, however, only one More
Source: Right-Wing Populism and the End of Democracy – CounterPunch.org
The founders tried to guard against con artist tyrants — but our democratic republic may end anyway
Our founding fathers were of an era when slavery and colonization were a direct extension of the “t’was ever thus” of history. To fault them for their failures to live by our current standards (by which they fail miserably) is to miss the point.So too is praising them for their idealism and vision
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‘Existential Threat to Our Democracy’: Trump Refuses to Commit to Accepting 2020 Election Results
“A dangerous affront to our democratic system and a slide toward totalitarianism. We cannot take this lightly.”
It is happening here…
Can it happen here?
It is happening here.Democracy in America has been a series of narrow escapes. We may be running out of luck, and no one is coming to save us. For that, we have only ourselves.
Source: Bill Moyers: It’s happening before our very eyes – Alternet.org
Ex-intelligence officials warn we are dangerously close to a complete unraveling of democracy
Less than a week ago, the president launched an attack on social media for fact-checking one of his tweets. Trump claimed that it was a violation of free speech. Nothing captures the dangers we face from this presidency better than that reaction, followed days later by scenes like this one in Kansas
