“The US is no longer a democracy.
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‘The…“liberal democracy index” shows that the speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is unprecedented in modern history. [M]ain factor is a “rapid and aggressive concentration of powers in the presidency”, Lindberg says. Congress has been marginalised, jeopardising the “checks and balances” … so crucial to US democracy. [C]ivil rights have been rapidly declining and freedom of expression is now at its lowest level since the 1940s.’ 4/4
@heidilifeldman Republicans packing the SCOTUS with regressive, religious, monarchist kooks has paid off exactly the way they wanted.
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That's right
Everything is #JoeBiden's fault
Funny how I keep forgetting this
Always makes thinking so much simpler
If you even bother with 'thinking' at all
@FinchHaven @KathyLK @heidilifeldman
Democrats were so concerned with decorum that they let a traitor get away with treason / sedition and then he got elected President.
They deserve to accept some responsibility for where we are right now.
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“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@heidilifeldman
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@heidilifeldman No, the US has always been more accurately described as a constitutional republic (if anything, maybe you can call it an indirect democracy, but definitely not a pure form of one). I believe this article best sums things up: https://www.standrewslawreview.com/post/is-the-united-states-a-constitutional-republic
@pinoycelt @heidilifeldman “The US falls under governmental classifications for both Indirect Democracy and Constitutional Republic”
This article sums nothing up, unless your point is that it is both a republic and a democracy. If that’s your point, I don’t see the relevance to the topic.
The issue at hand is that the USA has historically been a representative democracy, and the current trajectory will see it losing that status soon.
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Quibble: Congress has not “been marginalised.” Congress abdicated.
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“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@heidilifeldman
The USA has always been a low quality democracy, or even no democracy at all. But it was hidden. Not anymore. -
“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@heidilifeldman to no surprise here.
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“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@heidilifeldman I'm eagerly waiting for november event.
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“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Thanks to the electoral college, it never was a democracy.
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@heidilifeldman man in fairness Congress mainly marginalized itself by a gradual conversion from legislating to being an insider trading sinecure
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@KathyLK @heidilifeldman Wouldn’t it be more useful to hold Trump accountable for his actions than to hold Biden accountable for Trump’s actions?
@heidilifeldman @josh @KathyLK US propaganda frames never hold those in power accountable
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@KathyLK It's not impossible that he could have been held accountable in other ways during the biden admin, but your argument doesn't consider:
* He was held accountable in nearly any arena they thought they could get him in;
* Prosecution doesn't equate to a winning verdict (he was prosecuted for stealing US secret documents and the judge fell all over herself to not hold him accountable to the point where her superiors told her to cut it out);
* Congress?!? SCOTUS?!?!?
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@KathyLK It's not impossible that he could have been held accountable in other ways during the biden admin, but your argument doesn't consider:
* He was held accountable in nearly any arena they thought they could get him in;
* Prosecution doesn't equate to a winning verdict (he was prosecuted for stealing US secret documents and the judge fell all over herself to not hold him accountable to the point where her superiors told her to cut it out);
* Congress?!? SCOTUS?!?!?
@KathyLK
For whatever it's worth, Garland was a *huge* disappointment to me. I think it's very possible that he played it too "safe," but he was also on some new ground. I'm not sure SCOTUS would've agreed with other findings and I think the thing I focus on the most is that I don't disagree that the "parking brake" failed but it's *more* concerning to me that the "service/foot brakes" seem to be out (state legislature, congress, judiciary). -
@pinoycelt @heidilifeldman “The US falls under governmental classifications for both Indirect Democracy and Constitutional Republic”
This article sums nothing up, unless your point is that it is both a republic and a democracy. If that’s your point, I don’t see the relevance to the topic.
The issue at hand is that the USA has historically been a representative democracy, and the current trajectory will see it losing that status soon.
@ClickyMcTicker @heidilifeldman It was simply a correction to the suggestion that the US is a straight democracy, which it has never been
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“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
@heidilifeldman In truth, it never was a democracy. That's a fiction it likes to tell itself. The electoral college, and allowing private money into politics, both rule it out as being democratic.
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@heidilifeldman man in fairness Congress mainly marginalized itself by a gradual conversion from legislating to being an insider trading sinecure
Really who in Congress is insider trading? What stocks and what insider information? I keep hearing this fact free claim.
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Yes Joe Biden should have taken over the justice department and turned us into a tinpot dictatorship first by prosecuting his political opposition. The American people are responsible for the rise of Trump, 77 million people voted for this and another 90 million stayed home. Special shout out to all the leftists who claimed both sides are the same.
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@FinchHaven @KathyLK @heidilifeldman
Democrats were so concerned with decorum that they let a traitor get away with treason / sedition and then he got elected President.
They deserve to accept some responsibility for where we are right now.
@jrdepriest @FinchHaven @KathyLK @heidilifeldman
The Democrats were prosecuting that criminal and he had four cases going. The American people let him off the hook when they elected him. Don't blame the Democrats for the stupidity of everyone else.
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@KathyLK @jrdepriest @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman
Schumer was selected by his peers to be in a leadership position and quite frankly has done a great job. The Democrats didn't put Trump in office; that was the American people. Whether through the right's ignorance or the leftist's apathy. Don't forget to thank Bernie and the leftists for telling everyone that both sides were the same, without them none of this would have been possible.
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