Turley - Scaremongering "The End of Democracy"
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https://jonathanturley.org/2024/06/10/can-democracy-survive-the-defenders-of-democracy/
Ronald Reagan often said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Today, Reagan’s line cannot compare with the line that sends many of us into a fetal position: “I’m a Democrat and I am here to save democracy.”
The jump scare claim is that unless citizens vote for us, the end of democracy will begin shortly. In 2022, House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told “Fox News Sunday” that “democracy will be ending” if Democrats lost the midterms.
The rhetoric has continued to ramp up with the upcoming election.
From President Joe Biden to a host of progressive politicians and pundits, the 2024 election is all about saving democracy. The public has been told that if the Democrats lose power, citizens will be living in a tyrannical hellscape. Vice President Kamala Harris stated in one interview that 2024 “genuinely could be” the last democratic election in America’s history. Dozens of Democrats have said that democracy will end if Biden is not reelected.
The Washington Post even ran an op-ed titled, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
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Like most things in politics, neither side has the up hand.
I have read here from some of our esteemed members (quoting "experts") that they fear for the country if the Democrat is elected. The US as we know it will end if the Democrat is elected. There will be a civil war is the democrats are elected, etc.
That is scaremongering also I think.
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No, I think if we reelect Biden, the country will continue to lurch towards the Left. Towards more government intervention and loss of freedom. Towards more biased justice and top-down muzzling of Americans by the progressive elite who are "smarter" than the American public.
As for civil war, it's coming. All great democracies and republics deteriorate and die. The death throes almost always result in armed conflict. I firmly believe the United States is currently in decline.
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No, I think if we reelect Biden, the country will continue to lurch towards the Left. Towards more government intervention and loss of freedom. Towards more biased justice and top-down muzzling of Americans by the progressive elite who are "smarter" than the American public.
As for civil war, it's coming. All great democracies and republics deteriorate and die. The death throes almost always result in armed conflict. I firmly believe the United States is currently in decline.
@Jolly said in Turley - Scaremongering "The End of Democracy":
All great democracies and republics deteriorate...
This I agree with.
