Yup. He may destroy democracy, but his path to the top was the very essence of democracy at work.https://twitter.com/orthonormalist/status/832809625758031872 …
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Replying to @vgr
...to be clear, democracy still great. Trump: signal to evolve/deepen meaning and means of franchise, not excuse to give up on democracy
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Replying to @vgr
You're just panicking because the "wrong guy" won. From my view, the only people threatening democracy are the Democrats.
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Replying to @dasnegronazi
I think checks and balances will work, but be severely damaged in the conflict he's initiated against them
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Replying to @vgr
1/ I hear what you're saying, and I get how you the past two weeks of EO look like an overwhelming of C&Bs, but it's been useful for me
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2/ to remember that over the bast 8 years, half of the country thought they saw the Obama regime subverting democracy, and I thought...
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3/ they were under the spell of some racist conspiracy hallucination about globalism or something. Having stopped writing them off...
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Replying to @dasnegronazi
Sorry, that's yet another false equivalency. Obama moved tactics to EOs after years of obstruction and crafted them with care
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Replying to @vgr
Trump seems like he wrote sloppy EOs starting day 1 in order to pick bruising conflicts with institutions that might thwart him
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Replying to @vgr
There's a basic level of serious engagement with the political process that's lacking here.
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A car being driven by someone who is fine with wrecking it as opposed to 2 fighting over steering wheel but not wanting to crash
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Replying to @vgr
Bet: you're panicking in the backseat, as a new driver kicks out a pair of squabbling drunks and does a U-Turn. U got used to noise.
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Replying to @dasnegronazi
nope, not a new driver. A guy who literally thinks he's on a horse.
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