Turns out that if you put an authoritarian in power once, it's pretty difficulty to get rid of them -- and it gets exponentially more difficult the longer they stay. Imagine trying to ask DT to leave the presidency in 2024 after 8 years, had he won the 2020 election
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The 2020 election was a referendum on autocracy, period. And because almost 4 years passed since the January 2017 inauguration, it will take a bit more than an election to move on -- but it's still entirely doable at this stage
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I think this speaks highly to the robustness of American democracy. Many democracies would not survive a single term with a wannabe autocrat in charge.
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I hate most things about our messed up way of doing elections, but Trump would have subverted a single central election authority. Having 50 separate ones is a strength.
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Imagine what would have happened behind close doors if the election were run on voting machines managed by a federal agency with a president-appointed head. 0% chance of a free election.
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