"I think the majority of Americans (including left-wing voters) have not fully grasped the fact that our standing in the world will not recover in our lifetimes.
Even if we elected two full-term Democrats in a row, it wouldn't change the perception of the rest of the world. Because the rest of the world has discovered we do not have a system that prevents our nation from pivoting 180ยบ toward authoritarianism when a madman is elected."
- Tony Rush
Its not just the US. Corporations only behave well because the public would shun them if they behaved badly.
Same with politicians. If they don't have to worry about voters because they've brainwashed them into a cult, they do whatever the hell they want.
trump is stupid but has smart, evil people telling him how to dismantle the us govt, checks and balances etc. those people have vested interest in democracy being destroyed.
This can happen to any country.
France had the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protesting everyday for years...the media ignored the huge ongoing protests.
The UK will elect Nigel Farage as leader - a racist grifter who will eagerly do the fascist bidding of trump, musk etc. He may be inconvenienced by our political system, but will do his worst - we'll see. There are already extreme right wing brownshirt groups *training* here. Some tried to burn asylum seekers alive last summer, with massive public support.
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