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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"We seem to be sleepwalking to disaster. If we don't wake up in time, we could lose our democracy."
I Used to Be Optimistic About AmericaMax Boot: I wish I could say that such a scenario is implausible, but it is all too realistic. I used to be an optimist about Americas future. Not anymore. Theres a good reason that so many people I know are acquiring foreign passports and talking about moving somewhere else: The prognosis is grim.
As political scientist Brian Klaas just wrote in the Atlantic, given that the GOP has become authoritarian to its core, there are two main ways to save America: Either reform the Republican Party or ensure that it never wields power again. But a MAGA-fied GOP is likely to gain control of at least one chamber of Congress in the fall and could win complete power in 2024.
We seem to be sleepwalking to disaster. If we dont wake up in time, we could lose our democracy. Just because weve avoided a breakdown in the past doesnt mean we will stave it off in the future.
https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/25/i-used-to-be-optimistic-about-america/
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"We seem to be sleepwalking to disaster. If we don't wake up in time, we could lose our democracy." (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2022
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Thank you, thus my idea of WAKING PEOPLE UP going on MTP or similar and use the F word
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2022
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Eliot Rosewater
(34,285 posts)1. Thank you, thus my idea of WAKING PEOPLE UP going on MTP or similar and use the F word
so it goes viral on YT so the
ONE
HUNDRED
MILLION
people who can vote and dont and dont even OWN TV's, see it and wake up
Cha
(319,081 posts)2. Many are.. Not everyone!🌻🇺🇸🕯🕊
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,727 posts)4. K&R