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    1. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 19 Nov 2020

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      Wolfe wrote “[t]he dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.” It isn't accidental, and we should remember the sorry episode of the last 4 years every time someone suggests we need more centralization or less "checks & balances." https://twitter.com/bendreyfuss/status/1329514296376778752 …

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    2. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 19 Nov 2020

      Like, THANK GOD we don't have a centralized national election authority right now, but instead disperse it to 3108 semi-autonomous county elections boards. It's ugly and inefficient, but can you imagine where we'd be if a direct Trump report was in charge of things?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Nov 2020
      Replying to @SeanTrende @BenYt

      I dunno. Most other democracies have centralized national elections run by nonpartisan government agencies and do much better than what we're seeing in USA.

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        2. Patrick Wyman‏Verified account @Patrick_Wyman 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SeanTrende @BenYt

          "We can only run things in a decentralized, rickety, and inefficient fashion because otherwise we'd be doing some light fascism" isn't a great endorsement, but hey, what do I know

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        3. Ben Smith‏Verified account @semaforben 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @Patrick_Wyman @HeerJeet @SeanTrende

          It's not a vote of confidence in the health of the country, no ...

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        1. Stephen H. 🌻 🌪 🌈‏ @stevehwilson 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SeanTrende @BenYt

          Without strong executives though ?

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        2. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @LitCen1 @HeerJeet @BenYt

          Beat me too it. And a large number of disturbingly near misses.

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        2. Mark Dunstan‏ @markgdunstan 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SeanTrende @BenYt

          Im pretty thankful that Australia has the AEC

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        3. Peter Healy‏ @MisterWabbit 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @markgdunstan @HeerJeet and

          Me too. And that we don't have aTrump.

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        1. Wagner Felix‏ @wdcfelix 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SeanTrende @BenYt

          Brazil has a whole judiciary system exclusively focused on elections, with regional and national courts, ultimately presided by a SC Justice. It's bloated and slow to respond to changes like social media, but the election itself is pretty secure and independent.

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        2. Peter Healy‏ @MisterWabbit 19 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SeanTrende @BenYt

          Quite true and works marvellously till a Trump comes along.

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