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This thread is created for everybody who argues that bothsideism. Because both sides are not the problem. And when one side is fighting the problem using the same techniques because that is the only way to stop the crazy, it is not the same as the crazy.
By Barton Gellman
Technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. It will rely on subversion more than violence, although each will have its place. If the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. Thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. The winner will be declared the loser. The loser will be certified president-elect.
The prospect of this democratic collapse is not remote. People with the motive to make it happen are manufacturing the means. Given the opportunity, they will act. They are acting already.
Who or what will safeguard our constitutional order is not apparent today. It is not even apparent who will try. Democrats, big and small D, are not behaving as if they believe the threat is real. Some of them, including President Joe Biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. They are making a grievous mistake.
www.theatlantic.com
Only one side is doing this and this kind of thing is what the so called left has been fighting since Reagan. To say both sides are equally bad is ignorance and to claim that the problm is the inability for people to talk this out or to look at the merits of what the other side says is lunacy when all the other side wants is absolute power and will break any law to get it done.
Americas problem is the current right wing. They are actively working to end this democracy. It's time to realize this.
TRUMP’S NEXT COUP HAS ALREADY BEGUN
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.By Barton Gellman
Technically, the next attempt to overthrow a national election may not qualify as a coup. It will rely on subversion more than violence, although each will have its place. If the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. Thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect. The winner will be declared the loser. The loser will be certified president-elect.
The prospect of this democratic collapse is not remote. People with the motive to make it happen are manufacturing the means. Given the opportunity, they will act. They are acting already.
Who or what will safeguard our constitutional order is not apparent today. It is not even apparent who will try. Democrats, big and small D, are not behaving as if they believe the threat is real. Some of them, including President Joe Biden, have taken passing rhetorical notice, but their attention wanders. They are making a grievous mistake.
January 6 Was Practice
Donald Trump’s next coup has already begun—and today’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert future elections.
www.theatlantic.com
Only one side is doing this and this kind of thing is what the so called left has been fighting since Reagan. To say both sides are equally bad is ignorance and to claim that the problm is the inability for people to talk this out or to look at the merits of what the other side says is lunacy when all the other side wants is absolute power and will break any law to get it done.
Americas problem is the current right wing. They are actively working to end this democracy. It's time to realize this.
