One of the things that troubles me most about the large percentage of Americans who seemingly embrace Trump's anti-democratic authoritarianism is precisely that. A majority of these people, when asked, clearly don't believe in fair elections. To them, elections are fair if they win (even by cheating), and unfair if they don't. This is just not how it works and somehow we have to get past this very dangerous time in American history and get back to the principle of one-person-one-vote, trust in election administration (which historically, at least since the 20th century, has been very good overall), and belief that who wins should govern, even if you disagree with them. The tribalism and willingness to resort to violence is like a fatal cancer: we either excise it and survive or democracy dies. Which will it be?
28 July 2024
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