The 2024 Election is a struggle between democracy and not democracy. It is not an election between political parties of a free people living in a Republic.
“One of the great ironies of how democracies die is that the very defense of democracy is often used as a pretext for its subversion. Would-be autocrats often use economic crises, natural disasters, and especially security threats—wars, armed insurgencies, or terrorist attacks—to justify antidemocratic measures.”
― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
As if we have no creative gene, our major media outlets are giving autocrats, known as MAGAS, equal air time and legitimizjng them in an illusion of discussing policies and issues. Policies of authoritarinism are presented as a legitimate party platform and discussed on national television as the choice American voters must decide between.
Presenting the American public with the appearance that the “issues” are about the economy and the border is insanity. I expect our media to be free enough to educate the public by telling the truth and nothing but the truth.
Tonight is a debate between Tim Walz and a so-called VP candidate. This is normalization of evil.
What will become of us when we cannot discern the truth of this moment?
Updated on October 4, 2024 – We the People Podcast from the National Constitution Center discusssion with Anne Applebaum: Autocratic Threats Around the World. https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/anne-applebaum-on-autocratic-threats-around-the-world
Other Resources
Timothy Snyder on Substack Thinking about…
Heather Cox Richardson on Substack Letters from An American
Susan Feathers 