The Twin Threats To U S Democracy The Right Wing Long Game And

Toward a More Perfect Union is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. [Please note: My recent documentary feature film, How to Save Democracy, is the precursor for this series, The Revolution Will Be Televised. Learn more about the film and how you and/or your organization can host a screening at the film’s website, https://savingdemocracyfilm.com/ The prior essay I wrote in this series was entitled Toward a Conscious Democracy: Integrating Systemic Change with Inner Transformation. I quoted Gandhi, who said “democracy requires a change of heart,” meaning a true democracy is not merely about voting or political structures, but about citizens developing the virtues of empathy, non-violence, and self-restraint...

As I move further along with these essays, which are aimed at showing why we need a nonviolent revolution in the U.S. and how it can come about, I thought I would take this essay and the next to explain why democracy in the U.S. is failing. American democracy is under attack from two intertwined and mutually reinforcing forces. And it’s not solely Donald Trump who’s the prime threat—Trump is just the beneficiary of these twin threats. These twin threats are:

The warning signs are no longer subtle. In conversations at dinner tables, on news broadcasts, and across social media feeds, Americans are voicing a shared anxiety: that democracy in the United States may be unraveling. And this isn’t just political rhetoric or partisan noise—it’s a fear backed by overwhelming data. Liam deClive-Lowe, co-founder and co-president of American Policy Ventures, sponsored the 2024 Georgetown Battleground Civility Poll, which revealed how Americans feel about the issue. Listen to the full episode on The Politics Guys: Republicans and Democrats Agree – Democracy is Under Threat So what exactly is putting American democracy at risk?

Drawing from dozens of expert interviews across our podcasts at The Democracy Group, this article explores the core threats confronting U.S. democracy today: Former President Donald Trump may have promoted a protest that turned into a riot on Jan. 6, 2021, but his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), is right: The real long-term threat to democracy in the United States is the increasing willingness of Democratic Party leaders to use the power and leverage of the federal government to silence...

And their ignorance of Supreme Court precedent on the matter isn’t reassuring. After Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Democratic vice presidential candidate, called Trump “a threat to our democracy” during the first and only vice presidential debate, Vance retorted that, while “there were problems in 2020,” going forward, the... “That,” Vance insisted, “is a threat to democracy that will long outlive this present political moment.” To which Walz responded, “You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater. That’s the test.

That’s the Supreme Court test.” Someone apparently skipped school the day First Amendment law was taught in social science class at Chadron State University. Lee Drutman's co-authored report on expanding the House was cited in the New York Times. Assistant Professor of Sociology, MacEwan University Andrew C. Patterson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. According to a recent survey, most political scientists agree that President Donald Trump is turning the United States government into an autocracy, all too quickly. September 19, 2022 at 10:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment David Leonhardt: “The first threat is acute: a growing movement inside one of the country’s two major parties — the Republican Party — to refuse to accept defeat in an election…” “The second threat to democracy is chronic but also growing: The power to set government policy is becoming increasingly disconnected from public opinion.”

“President Trump has claimed for months that his administration and Harvard University were close to a monumental deal to end his extraordinary pressure campaign against the university,” the New York… President Trump said he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an autopen, CNBC reports. Wrote Trump: “Anyone receiving ‘Pardons,’ ‘Commutations,’… The New York Times, September 20, 2022, ‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy World War II and the Cold War presented threats from global totalitarian movements. The 1960s and ’70s were marred by assassinations, riots, a losing war and a disgraced president.

These earlier periods were each more alarming in some ways than anything that has happened in the United States recently. Yet during each of those previous times of tumult, the basic dynamics of American democracy held firm. Candidates who won the most votes were able to take power and attempt to address the country’s problems.

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