Trump has created a roadmap for how an authoritarian president can govern virtually unchecked even with an opposition party controlling the House. USA is lucky that Trump is so incompetent & will likely lose. But next authoritarian in the White House might not be so incompetent
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They passed some legislation to do so in the 70s and Congress did a fair job of checking Carter, but Reagan reminded us we love a monarch...
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Republicans in the 70s had faith they could still win through the democratic process. They don’t believe that any longer. But they still believe they’re right. That’s a combination made for authoritarianism.
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Your response made me think of the civility of Bob Michel and Jerry Ford. Trumpists and Newters would say, "Those losers!" They govern in bad faith.
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Changing it would require some constitutional amendments. Any you have to recommend?
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Is there a system available which is immune to the soft authoritarianism of the populist right ? Countries with systems and cultures as diverse as Brazil, Hungary, Israel, and India are falling to populist authoritarians.
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The rambling apocalyptic nonsense of evangelical Christianity has infested every part of conservative america's worldview
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