QuinnPatty52Nov 30, 2023
Anne Applebaum
"In just a few years, we have gone from being relatively secure in our democracy to being a few short steps, and a matter of months, away from the possibility of dictatorship."
from Bob Kagan
https://wapo.st/47QyFY1
A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.

There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?

The Washington Post
Nov 30, 2023 at 9:18pmWeb
Show threadAnnietimeNov 30, 2023
@anneapplebaum WTF!?? Could this guy be any more of a doomer? Those of us that would be the “vermin” in Trump’s imperial conquest don’t have a say? Our votes can’t possibly stop the juggernaut of Trump the winner? We all bow down and say let the retribution begin? Jesus. He doesn’t think much of American voters.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesNov 30, 2023

@anneapplebaum

Spot-on, really. Biden is well on his way to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, if he hasn't caught it already. I won't be voting for Trump, but I can't vote for Biden either, not after the way he chokeslammed America's pandemic response and then let Palantir flush the CDC down the toilet.

Show threadMirishuliNov 30, 2023
@noyes @anneapplebaum lol. Yeah. Right. You will be voting for Trump one way or the other. Got it.
Show threadamonleDec 1, 2023
@noyes @anneapplebaum
I suppose you realise that Biden doesn’t ‘snatch’ anything. If people don’t vote for him, he will lose. You are one of those people.
Show threadJohn GordonDec 5, 2023
@noyes @anneapplebaum I hope you enjoy Trump.
Show threadMirishuliNov 30, 2023
@anneapplebaum I don’t know Bob Kagan at all, nor have I read many of his books. I have read a couple of books by his brother. But….am I off base when I say this feels like a “moderate” Republican telling me he is going to vote for Trump? And so are the others of his station?
Show threadJohn GordonDec 5, 2023
@MiriShuli @anneapplebaum Kagan won’t vote Trump.
Show threadMirishuliDec 6, 2023
@jgordon @anneapplebaum That’s exactly what he is saying he will do. This is Robert Kagan, not the Supreme Court Justice Kagan. Robert is telling us not enough Republicans — like him— will choose Democracy. When you write to the country something is inevitable and we should just accept it, you are telling us exactly what you will do.
Show threadljeanNov 30, 2023
@anneapplebaum Well, if WaPo and NYT keep doing the "Old Biden" == "Her Emails" we are.
Show threadAdeptus AlexusDec 1, 2023
@anneapplebaum oh hey look liberals not understanding that depicting trump as Caesar will get his fans MORE excited for him and not less because they don't know history. #msm taking L's once again because they lack awareness of how fascists think. Ignore #the_washington_post, read leftist news instead, and read up on #socialist theory and #fascist lies/narratives to combat these fashoids properly.
Show threadantipode77Dec 1, 2023

@anneapplebaum

Most liked.

The Brennan Center for Justice has a TON of good voter information, https://www.brennancenter.org/ and, if you don't already have one, organize a chapter of the League of Women Voters. Democracy better when they're involved.

The American Association of University Women has a how-to on organizing a voter registration drive or just sitting outside Wal Mart with a folding chair and a card table. https://www.aauw.org/resource/organize-a-voter-registration-drive/

VOTE BLUE like your life depends on it.

On ALL levels.

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Show threadantipode77Dec 1, 2023

@anneapplebaum

Clarification.

The previous toot is a copy of the most liked comment with the mentioned article.

The right sentiment must be "Fight like hell to retain your Democracy."

If you give up before the elections, you have already LOST.

When you win. Reform the government institutions.

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/democracy-reform-blueprint-accountable-inclusive-ethical-government/

What Democracy Looks Like - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

This eight-part democrecy reform report, What Democracy Looks Like, is CREW’s blueprint for an ethical, accountable government.

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Show threadNicole ParsonsDec 1, 2023

@anneapplebaum

Republican billionaire donors are funding that acceleration towards dictatorship.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/21/donald-trump-anti-democratic-agenda-billionaires-neofascism

Phil Ruffin
Charles Kushner
Robert “Woody” Johnson

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/home-depot-billionaire-says-hed-likely-still-fund-trump-if-candidate-convicted-2023-11-28/

https://newrepublic.com/post/177177/bernie-marcus-trump-2024-jail

And #KochNetwork funds another anti-democracy plotter
https://www.vox.com/23979441/nikki-haley-afp-koch-republican-billionaire-trump

Billionaires are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s anti-democratic agenda

The more disturbing Trump’s public proclamations become, the more US plutocrats seem to want him to win

The Guardian
Show threadGrimpen MarDec 3, 2023
@anneapplebaum I think if there is a clear fragility in US democracy, it's the FPTP electoral system and the inevitable drive to the two party system. Fundamentally, it would appear that somewhere between 20-30% of Americans are okay with replacing democracy with an authoritarian president. That 20-30% is able to leverage that to effectively take over one of two parties in the primaries. Now it just needs 20-30% of everyone else to just not be too bothered.