"That would leave the 2016 electorate’s defense to Trump—who would be forced to fully deploy Presidential powers"
And as a result, throw the first punch. Most likely leading to Emperor (Imperator, meaning literally 'commander') Trump, as per @jamesd23x.
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Replying to @Alrenous @Outsideness
"What would a fully re-empowered ruling class that had tasted the possibility of dis-empowerment do to preclude anything like that ever happening again?" They can't disestablish democracy, or they will face immediate rebellion.
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If they do anyway and crush the rebellion, the official renunciation of democracy will in fact be a step toward stability and prosperity. If they don't disestablish democracy, they can be voted out again.
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Replying to @Alrenous @Outsideness
Codevilla is a particular class of scholar, who is capable of accurately and coherently conveying their personal observations but little else. They cannot generalize, nor can they infer future events. They are a critical operative, but basically a lab rat.
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Replying to @Alrenous @Outsideness
"defusing conflict between them by means of loosening relations between the states such that these become looser than existed prior to the Civil War." Sorry. As above, the Permanent Revolution is aware they can't allow separation.
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"Prior to Progressivism, the American political tradition had not been about imposing any way of life on anyone." ...hmm? Do I hear hyenas? They are laughing. A lot.
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"it may be possible to convince it to switch from its present offensive mode to a defensive one." Ironically the correct way to deal with proggies would be to pay them off. Find out who loses their job from The Wall, and retire them at 100% their current wage. Maybe even 120%.
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Of course this is no more politically possible than it's politically possible to demolish a large New York building while people are still inside, to avoid having it fall uncontrolled across other inhabited buildings.
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"Were this to be the happy case, the conservative side of American life, operating from a dominant position, might be able to obtain agreement to some form of true federalism." You just keep stepping in it, don't you Codevilla?
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