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The history lesson here is that you can't defend the rule of law purely via the rule of law. Systems are ultimately made of people, not rules.
To be clear, I don't expect the US to become totalitarian overnight. Rather, it will take a similar direction as Russia in the 2000s. It'll keep its constitution, it'll have elections. It'll look mostly normal. But the power of the state will start getting used against opponents
You'll see journalists, political opponents, and anyone who angered the leader getting intimidated & silenced via lawsuits. Arrested on false charges. Every job appointment in the govt and at the top of large companies will become political, motivated by loyalty to the leader
There will still be an opposition -- just increasingly marginal and increasingly scared. There will still be political criticism in the media -- just increasingly less mainstream. But overall, everything will still look like business as usual
Until the next big crisis, in 10-15 years, when the mask will fall -- as it usually does
Well, in my impression the US has something we in Russia never had, even in 2000s: truly independent courts, and competent judges. This is a critical part pf the system that needs to be actively protected
*of, good morning sleepy me
This single event has nothing to do with it. He was impeached for prompting a corruption investigation into a leading political opponent but the corruption was also real. Trump comes from a long tradition of corrupt presidents. We've persevered .
Well, the fact is he was never impeached.
I doubt the secret service will allow that to happen.
It’s our responsibility not to allow that to happen. Vote!
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