Reality vs Adventure Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 How and why do democracies fail? All you have to do is look at the USA the past few years. Some things are clear as day like the attempted coup, hostile twice impeached president, and voting restrictions. But other things are taking root the world doesn’t see. And that is putting people in charge of elections who don’t honor elections. And all the obstruction that has gone on to leave many republicans doing whatever they want without consequences. And there is no short supply of accomplices in our government. How does a country survive when one side is completely hostile and has absolutely nothing to lose; no consequences of losing elections. Republicans feel they can do whatever they want because if they lose an election, they will fall right back on democrats upholding democracy; which enables the republicans to simply wait and try again. They have the green light to act in toxic manners because what do they really have to lose? Democrat behaviors are held in check because if they lose an election by losing public support, then democracy is over. With that in mind, what can you do to stop a hostile party with nothing to lose? A party that doesn’t care about losing public support because elections for them isn’t about losing democracy, it’s just about overthrowing it. And if they fail, so what. There are no consequences so they can try again and again till they get it right. These are the things that are going to lead to the fall of democracy: A twice impeached ex-president running again with his own social media platform seeking revenge Putting people in charge of elections that supported the overturn of the 2020 election Voting restriction bills The filibuster We all know Trump is crazy and is bad news. The guy has multiple lawsuits he is going to court for. He is using executive privilege so that he won’t have to answer questions in court for the Jan 6 coup attempt. And that debate will continue on and on in the courts giving time for Trump to run again without having to answer to his subpoena. And trump just started his own social media platform; so is that a conflict of interest? Who cares at this point right? Most of the red states have passed voting restriction bills. On top of that, republicans are putting people in charge of the elections who do not honor elections and supported the coup attempt or overturning the 2020 election. And Democrats have tried to pass a voting rights bill before the 2022 election that decides who gets the House and Senate. Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema, both democrats in the senate, will not support a voting rights bill. What exactly is the filibuster all about? Since republicans and the two democrat senators won’t pass a voting rights bill, democrats are left with one option, which is to do away with the filibuster. The filibuster is in place to give a vote for the senate minority. In this case with a 50/50 senate, the filibuster will force a bill to be passed with 60 votes. That means with a 50/50 senate, democrats need 10 republicans to support a bill to pass, which isn’t going to happen. So to do away with the filibuster would allow democrats to pass a voting rights bill with a 50/50 senate. But that vote to change the filibuster requires all 50 democrat senators to vote to agree. And Manchin and Sinema will not support changing the filibuster so the democrats will only have 48 votes, if even that many. They say that doing away with the filibuster is a ‘two edged sword,’ which if republicans gain power, they will pass anything since there wouldn’t be a filibuster. The way I see it, is that none of this would even matter if republicans gain power because we will enter authoritarianism. Now is the only chance to save democracy by passing the voting rights bill and doing away with the filibuster. They won’t ever get another chance. I just wanted to sum this up so the world can see the fall of democracy in a powerful country after 245 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance based in Stockholm, Sweden just released a report that the United States is one of the democracies that is backsliding and the world as a whole is turning more authoritarian with the number of democracies in the world being at its lowest in years. “Democracy is at risk,” the report’s introduction begins. “Its survival is endangered by a perfect storm of threats, both from within and from a rising tide of authoritarianism.” “The world is becoming more authoritarian as nondemocratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression and many democratic governments suffer from backsliding by adopting their tactics of restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law.” And foreign imposters are using social media to 'amplify' right wing voices. The Rittenhouse trial and pro Rittenhouse supporters is an example of how foreign accounts are posing as Americans while celebrating Rittenhouse's acquittal. "Frank Figliuzzi, the former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, tweeted that of 32,315 pro-Rittenhouse hashtag tweets from Nov. 19-20, 29,609 had disabled geolocation. Of them, 17,701 were listed as “foreign,” and most of those were in Russia, China, and the EU." There isn't much to say anymore for me. It's obvious that republicans will destroy democracy and that republicans as well as powerful countries in the world are attacking Americans like myself. I remember when I voted in 2020 it felt like a vote against the world. And now even more so next time I vote. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-visible-deterioration-in-american-democracy-is-just-the-start-of-what-the-gop-has-in-for-us https://news.yahoo.com/united-states-authoritarianism-120135679.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
