The United States has officially traded its democracy credentials for the banana republic starter pack, and there do not appear to be any safeguards left to get us back on the rails.
"And spoiler alert: that decline has one author. His name is Donald Trump."
Yes, definitely, DonDon is to blame. But there needs to be equal blame on those who happily participate in his insanity. "Yes sir, Mr. President; Yes sir, Mr. President"...and so on.
Fuck me! I never thought I'd live to see this. I always thought the US slide into structural democratic decline would be the result of a catastrophic war on our soil, not one man.
I blame Fox News and the other disinformation sources more than just the orange man. It was their propaganda that convinced large numbers of Americans to vote against democracy.
"And spoiler alert: that decline has one author. His name is Donald Trump."
Yes, definitely, DonDon is to blame. But there needs to be equal blame on those who happily participate in his insanity. "Yes sir, Mr. President; Yes sir, Mr. President"...and so on.
And the media moguls who promoted him, and the people, evil and/or deluded, who voted for this to happen.
The ongoing coup has been brewing for *decades* at this point, and it has many authors; the primary one at the moment is the Heritage Foundation.
After all, Lord Dampnut is merely following *their* script... he is also, no doubt, getting instructions from *his* master, Uncle Vlad, as well.
Fuck me! I never thought I'd live to see this. I always thought the US slide into structural democratic decline would be the result of a catastrophic war on our soil, not one man.
I blame Fox News and the other disinformation sources more than just the orange man. It was their propaganda that convinced large numbers of Americans to vote against democracy.