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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Democracy combined with an educated electorate would be death for the right. They live on an alternate set of facts they had to generate after they realized reality was not their friend. Authoritarianism and ignorance are their best chance for advancing their agenda. The goal is within their grasp now. [/quote]

We have a Democracy set up to withstand a whole lot of awfulness that can occur with the combination of low IQ voters and crooked politicians thanks to the brilliance of our founding fathers. What our founding fathers couldn't prevent is a two-party political system that would evolve into two toxic money controlled political parties that would eventually leave the American public up poop's creek.

GW, in his farewell speech, was brilliant enough to forecast this one future problem that our government wasn't structured to deal with. [/quote]

As an independent, I agree with this statement. I think we’re moving towards a one party system, the party that is currently in power. It’s almost inevitable, the US has been overconfidently moving towards this system for a while, aided by democrats patronizing arrogance, not just MAGA ignorance. It’s an American decision and indecision that has led us here. [b]We wanted to know what it feels like to live under an authoritarian regime and we figured out a way to make it happen.[/b] Lessons are still not being learned from both sides. That’s why it’s inevitable. This has been my perception for at least the last 10 years [/quote]

Who is we?

If you say the people, I find that hard to square. If Dems need to be more focused com the working class (because the GOP isn’t at all) why would the working class prefer to live under an authoritarian regime? It gives them less power, less freedom, and fewer protections.

If you say, the GOP and the Dem politicians, I’m still not convinced. While money has flowed into both parties, the Dems have made a lot of progress on human rights since I was a kid. I’m middle aged. I’m not buying this nihilistic viewpoint. I think people might extol the benefits of socialism, but authoritarianism…nah. Look at China and  DPRK and Russia. The majority of Americans don’t want to live like that. [/quote]

My father is dead now, but he told me once, sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, that the best form of government was a benevolent dictator.  He couldn't stand the chaos that democracy fosters.  He was a conservative. I think some people just want a strong leader in charge because they are generally just fearful.  I hate to say that about my father. But I think it rings true for a good many people. And for many of them, what Trump is doing now feels protective.

Until it won't.  But by then it will be too late.[/quote]

All the Dems have to do is have open and fair primary elections that allow for normal/average presidential candidates to emerge and we won't have to worry about the GOP's dysfunction producing awful and weak candidate that can beat us ever, ever again. Capeesh?[/quote]

We should all lobby the DNC to hold one-day primaries with ranked choice voting. It’s despicable that people in DC and a few other states can’t vote for a primary candidate. Biden was a terrible choice, though I do think he was mostly successful. Ranked choice would also help us elect a woman. [/quote]

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