1. In terms of democratic regression in the United States, the example that most people think of is of course the rise of Jim Crow in late 19th century as part of counter-revolution against Reconstruction era. But there was an earlier example also pertinent for now.
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4. An important take-away from Daniel Walker Howe's What Hath God Wrought (2007) is that Jacksonian democracy was a project to create a "white republic" (or even more precisely, a white man's republic).pic.twitter.com/PJyDGqsjtK
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5. A demagogue who emphasizes a politics of empowering white men combined with disenfranchising out groups is, of course, a familiar figure. Some thoughts on the deeper roots of the current crisis.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/never-trump-or-forever-trump?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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did the movement result in more or fewer eleigible voters?
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Do you think those female, Black and Native voters who lost the franchise shared the same interest as white male voters?
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