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A good source towards this exercise is the book "How Democracies Die" by Levitsky and Ziblatt explaining how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power.
The authors dedicate many chapters to the study of the United States, especially Trump, and the presidential election, but also apply their theory to Latin America and European countries, especially Venezuela and Russia. The US has, until 4 years ago, resisted the attempts to undermine democracy thanks to well-defined and well-respected norms. E.g., forbearance, that is, the intentional restraint of one's power in order to respect the law and its spirit. Currently there is crisis in American democracy. Suffices to see the reactions of many countries would-wide, from Iran to Germany and beyond, to see that there is one.
This is how one, especially Americans, should look at things. From a wide and educated perspective. *IF* in, say, 50 years from now, US loses its world hegemony--and this will happen one day because everything collapses, every empire, every democracy, every system, even ones that have been around for 2000 years, not just 200 as the US, historians will be referring to January 2020 as the break point.
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If you want some come get some
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What no takers yet just as I thought Democrats are a bunch of pussies
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I guess no one wants to play with a big drunken hairy biker
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And I betcha old Nancy comes in this morning and sniffed the chair were he was sitting
I guess the picture is shown all over the world- really bad PR for the USA, a low-water mark on human behavor. Its sad how so few people makes so much harm to so many people. The whole thing is horrible and embarrasing for all.
I think it is embarrassment for National Security. I believe this affects all Americans. I doubt that is the worst guy ever but he should receive some appropriate due process under the law for what he did.
Then again.. the pardon window is still open..
YOU of all people were saying just a few months ago that it takes violence to get things fixed.And those folks are upset about the election fraud.
IF those folks had real evil intentions,the damn building would still be smoking right now. I feel sure some beer or liquer was involved but at the same time,I think it could have been alot worse,alot more blo0dshed,alot more death.
If I had been there,I don't know that I would have walked in,but I damn sure would have been on the steps to be seen,and to hopefully be heard by the heathans trying to ruin the US.
I never said violence is the way to go. Who am I? I am a US citizen who believes in the rule of law. You bring up election fraud. You sound like a parrot. You know, and everyone knows that a man in poopy diapers, screaming he was robbed of a win in the elections, is not proof. Time after time his lawyers were told they didn't have any proof. So, stop bringing up the election or fraud.
IF those folks had real evil intentions,the damn building would still be smoking right now. I feel sure some beer or liquer was involved but at the same time,I think it could have been alot worse,alot more blo0dshed,alot more death.
Are you for real? Just the act of breaking in to the building is a huge act of terrorism. The Capitol has not been breached in 209 years since the War of 1812.
phart your views are idiotic.
BUT this is America,and as for the moment we are still free to disagree and voice our feelings. We should both fear the day that it is no longer possiable.And that day may be here sooner than we think.
Look at the removal of social media platforms like Parlor. This is a social media platform.what would prevent our free speach from being lost here?
The the President of the United States is not accepting democracy and the will of the people.
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This will be Donald Trump’s legacy.
Today's situation is kind of unique: The current president of the US is trying to overthrow the next president of the US.
Instead of the US shooting at other countries causing them to become Banana republics, it is shooting itself. The goal of the current president IS to make the US a Banana republic. He's also afraid for his ass.
No country has the right to influence or interfere in another countries election. If it turned out the Russians had directly interfered and / or influenced the result of the 2016 election, would you be bothered?
US imposed sanction have caused thousands of deaths as the countries under those sanctions have not had access to medicines, hygiene products, machinery and spare parts for machines used in farming, fishing, and food production and distribution. Plus the high inflation caused by sanctions means a lot of people can't afford those products even if they are available.
Was the humanitarian aid the same as the US sent to Venezuela, i.e weapons and communication equipment for opposition supporters to overthrow the government?
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*fiddled
How has Venezuela been unfriendly to the US? By not bending over and saying 'Sure, take our oil?'
Of course North Korea's nuclear program is aimed at you. You have troops and missiles along the border with South Korea. They are entitled to defend themselves, as are Iran.
What are the countries under US sanctions doing that you find objectionable? Other than not bending to the US's will, or being told to be sanctioned by Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The UN has published reports on the link between US sanctions and deaths to lack of medicines and hygiene equipment.
With the exception of Costa Rica, virtually all Latin American countries had at least one experience with a United States-supported dictator:[23] Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, the Somoza family in Nicaragua, Tiburcio Carias Andino in Honduras, Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala, Hugo Banzer in Bolivia, Juan María Bordaberry in Uruguay, Jorge Rafael Videla in Argentina, Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, François Duvalier in Haiti, Artur da Costa e Silva and his successor Emílio Garrastazu Médici in Brazil and Marcos Pérez Jiménez in Venezuela, which caused a strong anti-American sentiment in wide sectors of the population
BUT, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT COUNTRY EXCEPT TO KEEP THE USSR FROM GAINING INFLUENCE AND MISSILE LOCATIONS. I STILL REMEMBER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV TAKE HIS SHOE OFF AND START BANGING THE TABLE AT THE UN, SHOUTING "WE WILL BURY YOU" AND WHO CAN FORGET THE MISSILES IN CUBA?
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BTW, WE SUPPORTED THESE REGIMES. WE DIDN'T INVADE THE COUNTRIES LIKE THE USSR DID TO AFGHANISTAN.
Same thing with Syria (Kadaffi)
In the lead-up to the invasion, the US and UK emphasized the argument that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and that he thus presented a threat to his neighbors and to the world community. The US stated "on November 8, 2002, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1441.
I think you mean Gaddafi, who was Libyan. Assad is Syria's President. Syria also has oil, and is allied to Iran and not Saudi Arabia.
If the US is so concerned about human rights and overthrowing states that support terrorism, I recommend they overthrow ISIS sponsor and human rights abuser Saudi Arabia. There's even the bonus of all the oil. Maybe have a go at Israel too.
Who perpetrated 911? What nations most responsible?
#1 was Saudi Arabia
But we didn't dare bite the hand that could refuse to feed us
Iraq was maybe number 5 or so. That worked out great.. pushed us way into debt.. created a power vacuum for emerging gems such as Isis.
The thug Trump treated his own country
as if it was an enemy.
His motivation: to save his failed personal business.
Thus, the product of capitalism uses and abuses his power, through capitalism and politics, to save what he tried to create
by unethical methods.
Capitalism, as well as communism, as well as any system that becomes powerful, begets monsters.
Storming the Capital building is “UnAmerican”. Which I do agree.
But, how is upholding a fraudulent election, “American”?
Both sides of this country are at fault.
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Even Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence have conceded this election.
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I am very surprised that the capital police were not better prepared for this. It could’ve been a lot worse but thankfully most people were just peaceful protesters that stayed on the outside.
The despicable behavior of this crowd of protesters do not represent the American public of Trump supporters. They are less than a size of an gnat against the majority.
Reason: it's trump who incited the riots, now and in the past.
He has also createda religion. A religion, any religion, is a system whose followers believe in nonsense.
The President himself is inciting violence (not for the first time) and the police isn't arresting him.
Americans should change their constitution with an amendment like this: If the president urges people to take over the government buildings then he or she should be thrown out and imprisoned. But never, in the US history, have the Americans predicted that such acts, by the president himself, are possible. In some sense, it's actually funny. A violent person, such as trump, has been allowed to be president for so long. Even his cronies are now against him. I guess he'll pardon himself in the end so that he doesn't go to prison.
Good luck to yous all.
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Not a bad prediction as they rolled out the guillotine in Arizona.
To be continued....
i am sure alot of folks got shot all over the country yesterday.But it only takes 1 black to get the BLM'ers to jumping and burning.So why aren't they jumping up and down over this police shooting?
Babbitt, 35, was reportedly shot as she and other rioters tried to break through a barricaded door in the building where Capitol police officers were armed on the other side.
And on another note, I think it was Dear Old Nancy that took AMEN out off the house floor. I think today,the Conservitives put it back in as I am sure alot of those wimps that want to take away your rights and hand your hard earned dollars to those that never work,were praying for their "safety".
I hope folks don't get hurt,I also hope the dems understand the message being sent,We want to be heard. We have been silent to long.
IF you can't stand with them,get the hell out of their way.
As for Antifa and BLM doing something similar,Naw,nothing like it,I didn't see any burning cars,no burning buildings,only 1 person shot and that was by a gung ho cop.
So nothing like BLM.
But dems are stupid when they get the chance to do the same?
I hope Kamala Harris will block every single bill from the republicans, but I'm sure she won't because Biden wants to work with the republicans. That would be stupid!
Left or right would not have had much to whine about had this been done.
I think left and right played to much of a part in it,as in stabbing the Repubs in the back to maintain status quo.
You think God may have appointed them.Who are we to question?
I heard a neighbor say yesterday, Soap box,ballot box,ammo box. That is why we have the second ammendment,to protect ourselves from the government overreach.There is a fancy word for it but I can't think of it.
As for black or white? I don't think the whites were as violent,the reason less violence was used in response. Climbing,walking,talking,shouting,carrying a flag,are not violent behaviors, BUT had the people set all the Suburbans on fire outside the building,beating the walls down with hammers, and setting Nancys desk on fire ,then I would expect a more violent response from law enforcement.
Don't sink low here with such blatantly racist logic.
By the way,what is a brown person?
Indians,as the people that were here before all of us,are red. People of African origin are black, orientals are yellow and etc. IF latino is brown, why are both words used by Biden?
1st. Biden is not racist by having conversations about race.
2nd. Idk where you live, but there are many shades of people. Brown often covers African descendants who are more brown than black. It also covers many from South Asia. Btw Asians aren't yellow. Sometimes Latin people could be grouped as brown depending on context.
Maybe next time listen to the lessons of our new President.
All this s**t is the beginning of the end for this country.
13 days and 15 hours to go.
to block or ban anyone who violates their Community Standards.
I don't agree with censorship, but that's what happens when you give a private company control of a public facility; the end of free speech.
The censorship will increase, when republicans manage to repeal section 230, because the media companies would then be liable for content posted by their users.
unlike republicans who only care about THEIR freedom of speech.
AND at least progressives understand that those media companies might start
with banning right wing extremists, but as soon as censorship has been allowed,
the media companies start banning progressives. Why? Because progressives
are critical of the corruption the media is part of, as income source.
Progressives are a danger to their wealth, unlike the right wingers.
Not happy? Go to Parlor
Those kind of liberals understand they can pacify the gullible people with the idea of freedom, but they don't want to relinquish any of their power or share any of their wealth. In other words, they are only easy on the liberal symbolism, but not on liberal progress. They might anger you by taking a knee in solidarity with BLM or condoning the removal of Confederate statues, but they really don't give a shit about anyone, let alone black people. In my opinion those kind of liberals only hurt the progressive ideals.
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