Trump is dismantling our democracy at an unprecedented level

[Concerned American]

Do you trust the government?

Relevance? I know the US is a republic not a bunch of cockamamie democrat catch phrases. You?

 

[JanetTheGreat]

Relevance? I know the US is a republic not a bunch of cockamamie democrat catch phrases. You?

I don't trust the government one bit - because I know that the entire political system is corrupt. The US is a corrupted Republic. Not a Democracy.

 

[tahuyaman]

There is no Democracy in the US. It is an oligarchy run by elites who simp for foreigners and corporations. The illusion of Democracy is real - no matter who you vote for, you get the same results.

That’s bullshit.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

That’s bullshit.

Proof? Sources? Or are you just going to insult me like a child?

 

[Concerned American]

I don't trust the government one bit - because I know that the entire political system is corrupt. The US is a corrupted Republic. Not a Democracy.

It has NEVER been a democracy. It has ALWAYS been a republic.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

It has NEVER been a democracy. It has ALWAYS been a republic.

That is what I am saying. I don't understand the need for aggression.

 

[tahuyaman]

I don't trust the government one bit - because I know that the entire political system is corrupt. The US is a corrupted Republic. Not a Democracy.

While distrust of government is healthy, we are still a representative republic.

When corruption is exposed and prosecuted people like you oppose it.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

While distrust of government is healthy, we are still a representative republic.

When corruption is exposed and prosecuted people like you oppose it.

????

I want it all exposed. All of them arrested.

 

[tahuyaman]

Proof? Sources? Or are you just going to insult me like a child?

Yep I’m going to insult you because that’s what you deserve.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

Yep I’m going to insult you because that’s what you deserve.

Another troll on the ignore list! The list keeps adding up.

 

[Concerned American]

Proof? Sources? Or are you just going to insult me like a child?

Benjamin Franklin famously said, “A republic, if you can keep it,” in response to a question about the type of government established by the Constitutional Convention. This quote emphasizes the fragility of the republic and the responsibility of its citizens to maintain it.
lgo.idaho.gov National Constitution Center

 

[JanetTheGreat]

Benjamin Franklin famously said, “A republic, if you can keep it,” in response to a question about the type of government established by the Constitutional Convention. This quote emphasizes the fragility of the republic and the responsibility of its citizens to maintain it.
lgo.idaho.gov National Constitution Center

Yes, you are correct about that.

 

[Concerned American]

That is what I am saying. I don't understand the need for aggression.

Like typical democrats, you vocally oppose the current admin while giving a pass to the past admin. You are opposed to Trump but you will support anything NOT TRUMP in spite of the fact that the democrats have NO PLATFORM, NO SOLUTIONS---just NOT TRUMP.

 

[JanetTheGreat]

Like typical democrats, you vocally oppose the current admin while giving a pass to the past admin. You are opposed to Trump but you will support anything NOT TRUMP in spite of the fact that the democrats have NO PLATFORM, NO SOLUTIONS---just NOT TRUMP.

I am not a Democrat. Stop projecting because you don't understand what I am saying. I gave no passes for Biden. Biden was a fraudulent president.

 

[Stryder50]

Another troll on the ignore list! The list keeps adding up.

Anyone who comes here with this;

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Is starting the way most trolls do, and makes one or more lists themselves.

 

[Stryder50]

I don't trust the government one bit - because I know that the entire political system is corrupt. The US is a corrupted Republic. Not a Democracy.

EXCERPT:

Podkayne of Mars​

“So you say ‘Politics!’ as if it were a nasty word—and you think that settles it.”
He sighed. “But you don’t understand. Politics is not evil; politics is the human race’s most magnificent achievement. When politics is good, it’s wonderful…and when politics is bad—well, it’s still pretty good.”
“I guess I don’t understand,” I said slowly.
“Think about it. Politics is just a name for the way we get things done...without fighting. We dicker and compromise and everybody thinks he has received a raw deal, but somehow after a tedious amount of talk we come up with some jury-rigged way to do it without getting anybody’s head bashed in. That’s politics. The only other way to settle a dispute is by bashing a few heads in...and that is what happens when one or both sides is no longer willing to dicker. That’s why I say politics is good even when it is bad…because the only alternative is force—and somebody gets hurt.”

• Chapter 4 (p. 33)

Robert A. Heinlein - Wikiquote

en.wikiquote.org

 

[CrusaderFrank]

President Donald Trump is dismantling U.S. democracy at an “unprecedented” rate, downgrading the U.S.’s democratic rating on a global scale and plunging the country toward autocracy at a faster rate than autocratic leaders of other countries in the 21st century, the latest report by an international democracy watchdog finds.

Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Sweden’s Gothenburg University finds in its annual report that Trump’s second term has been characterized by a swift concentration of power in the executive branch that ignores the rule of law, suppresses dissent, and targets civil rights.

Many countries are falling further into autocracy, the report finds. But the U.S. stands out as “an exceptional new autocratizer due to both far-reaching changes in 2025 and their implications for the rest of the world,” the group writes. “The extensive damage already done to American democracy under the second Trump presidency — in just one year — stands out on the world map.”


Trump has achieved in only one year what other countries with similar trends have taken a decade to achieve, the report says.

Trump Is Destroying US Democracy at Unprecedented Rate, Global Watchdog Finds

“[T]he speed of decline is comparable to some coups d’états,” a global democracy watchdog wrote.

truthout.org

See also

As Democracy Falters Worldwide, Authoritarians are Winning | Council on Foreign Relations

Between a reduction in freedoms in the U.S. and an uptick in organized collaboration among autocracies around the world, Freedom House’s most recent Freedom in the World report paints a stark image of the future of democracy in 2026.

www.cfr.org

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Now I know the first posts will be the usual Trumpist stupidity how we are not a democracy but a republic ignoring the obvious that we are a representative democracy.

The fact is our freedoms are under assault by the Trump regime and the world clearly sees it as well.

Congress has ceded its authority to Trump, Trump spits on the rule of law, and is actively undermining our election process with lies and more lies.

Brace yourself for the midterms. Expect Trump and his minions do all in their power to cast doubt on its legitimacy.

You know, because that is what all wannabe authoritarians do when they lose.

We're a Republic, not a "democracy"

 

[JLW]

We're a Republic, not a "democracy"

We are a Constitutional Republic whose Constitution enshrines the principles of representative democracy., I.e. we elect representatives to represent our interests in government.