The other day Rachel Maddow, one\u2062 of the most<\/a> unhinged<\/a> conspiracy<\/a> theorists<\/a> in major media, described<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s\u200d alleged pitch to \u200cRepublicans:<\/p>\n

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If you pick me, \u2062that\u2019ll be the end of politics, and you won\u2019t have to deal with politics anymore. You won\u2019t have to deal with contested \u2063elections, you won\u2019t have to deal with contests or divisions when\u2063 it comes to power, you\u2019ll have a strongman leader and I\u2019ll just\u200b do what\u2063 I want. And won\u2019t that be a lot simpler? That\u2019s what he\u2019s offering. That\u200d strongman model is what the Republican base is enthused about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Funny, because \u200bthis also\u2063 happens to be what Maddow \u200dis enthused about.\u200c It\u2019s what the officials \u200btaking leading presidential candidates<\/a> off ballots\u2062 are \u200centhused about. So is Joe Biden, who gives angry speeches \u2064demonizing opposition \u2062voters \u200band demanding one-party rule. Everyone wants his own dictator. Every president \u200bwants to be one. Politics can turn normally rational people into raging authoritarians.<\/p>\n
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The thing about wanna-be dictators, though, is that they have no real way of pulling it off.\u200b Don\u2019t\u2064 get me wrong: the \u2064consequences of an imperial presidency are bad enough. But there will be\u200b no military coups in America. There will \u2063be \u200cno Hitler. No political \u200briot is \u200cgoing to overthrow \u201cdemocracy.\u201d That\u2019s all\u200d paranoia. The reality is much more mundane. It\u2019s what we\u2064 have now \u2014 \u2064a slow-motion, tedious corrosion of basic standards.<\/p>\n
And\u2063 both sides aren\u2019t equally at\u2062 fault. The things progressives detest most about our system\u2014a deliberative Senate, federalism, counter-majoritarian institutions, various inconvenient liberties protected by the Bill \u200dof Rights, for starters\u2014compel Trump to \u2064deal with \u201cpolitics.\u201d <\/p>\n
Here, for instance, is something I think most Democrats\u200b probably know\u200d but would never say: If a President Trump blatantly exceeded his constitutional authority, it is highly likely that \u201cconservative\u201d justices would stop him.\u200b Yet every time the court\u2062 renders \u200da decision undercutting the political agenda of the GOP, which is \u200boften, the media\u2063 acts like it\u2019s some big surprise. It\u2019s not. And Trump, \u200cfor all his bluster last term, didn\u2019t ignore the courts.<\/p>\n
Now, \u200bif Biden blatantly exceeded his executive authority, as he already often does, what are the chances that a\u2063 \u201cliberal\u201d majority court would bless his actions? When you have no limiting principles, it all comes down to justifying the \u200dmorality of the\u200c underlying issue. Considering the\u2064 modern left\u2019s collective superiority\u2062 complex, that is never a difficult task.<\/p>\n
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We\u2064 don\u2019t really need to theorize about how this works, either. Many left-wing politicians<\/a> and intellectuals<\/a> \u2014 self-styled defenders of \u201cdemocracy\u201d \u2014 not only\u200d implore Biden to ignore courts, \u200dthey press him to declare national emergencies<\/a> empowering the president to run virtually the \u200bentire economy through a massive administrative state. If Trump threatened to \u200btake similar \u200bpower, the media would be convulsing with horror.<\/p>\n
Indeed, the contemporary left isn\u2019t working to delegitimize the court because it harbors ethical concerns (the people leading \u2062the \u200ccharge are corrupt<\/a>), it\u2019s because they want to circumvent a court that still occasionally limits state power and preserves American \u201cdemocracy.\u201d <\/p>\n
Won\u2019t that be a lot simpler?\u200b <\/em>Maybe if Trump wins in 2024,\u200d he\u2019ll figure out that\u200c the\u200b Federalist Society\u2019s principled jurists make no political sense for him \u200band nominate lightweight partisans like Sonia Sotomayor to uphold whatever\u2063 crackpot theory\u2063 he\u200d wants. Why not?<\/p>\n
When the Supreme Court upheld the Civil \u2063Rights \u200cAct, eliminating racist preferences\u200d in schools, Biden said<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2064 cannot let this decision be the \u2063last word. I want to emphasize: We cannot let this decision be \u2063the last word.\u201d That is something of a mantra \u200cfor him.<\/p>\n
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A few years ago, Biden admitted\u2063 he didn\u2019t have the constitutional authority to extend (Trump\u2019s<\/a>) eviction moratorium. An extension \u2063would not \u201cpass constitutional muster,\u201d\u00a0he said<\/a>. The president, the\u2062 administration noted<\/a>, had \u201cnot\u200b only kicked the tires, he has double,\u00a0triple, quadruple checked.\u201d<\/p>\n
It \u200cwas illegal, and Biden did it anyway. \u00a0Congressional Democrats, tasked to protect the interests of their \u2063institution, cheered him on. The same goes for the obviously<\/a> unconstitutional student loan bailout Biden keeps\u2062 proposing. High-ranking\u2064 Democrats, in fact, demand<\/a> that Biden ignores the Constitution and separation of powers.<\/p>\n
If Biden feels like he can\u200c dismiss SCOTUS on student loans, or\u2062 anything else,\u200b why shouldn\u2019t Texas ignore \u200cSCOTUS on protecting its \u200bborders? Maybe Texas should think about taking\u2064 up \u2062the \u200cBiden method, which would entail erecting a new, slightly different fence every time the court shoots down the\u2063 idea. <\/p>\n
All of \u200cit is reminiscent of Barack Obama telling<\/a> Americans he\u2063 couldn\u2019t pass \u2064the DREAM \u2063Act because\u200b he was not a \u201cking\u201d or\u2064 an \u201cemperor,\u201d and\u00a0then\u00a0doing it anyway. Indeed,\u200b the premise of the Obama presidency \u2063was the circumvention of\u200b \u201cpolitics,\u201d\u200c summed up neatly in the illiberal notion of political \u201cunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once Obama lost\u2062 control \u2062of Congress in 2010, he not only acted like a\u2062 person who didn\u2019t \u201chave to deal with politics anymore,\u201d he became the first president in memory to openly champion\u00a0working around\u00a0the law-making branch of government.\u200b \u201cIf Congress won\u2019t act, I will,\u201d he liked \u200bto say<\/a>. People \u200dcheered.<\/p>\n
Since then, every time Democrats can\u2019t get their way, we are\u200b inundated with stories about\u2063 how the system isn\u2019t working correctly, rather than stories \u2064about\u200d how the contemporary left is destroying the system to fix \u200cthe problem.<\/p>\n
Now, I\u2019m not\u200d na\u00efve. Most voters couldn\u2019t care less about these idealistic arguments. I don\u2019t know \u201c what time it is<\/a>,\u201d apparently. That said, protecting \u2063the\u2063 system \u200dis\u2064 not\u2064 only a \u2063high-minded pursuit, it\u2019s the most practical way to preserve your own policy achievements and freedoms. <\/p>\n
But you can\u2019t expect the opposition \u200bto \u2062play by rules when you refuse to honor them. You \u2063can\u2019t lecture everyone about accepting\u2064 elections when you \u2062won\u2019t. And you can\u2019t keep \u200cacting like you\u2019re saving \u201cdemocracy\u201d when you\u2019re murdering<\/a> it.<\/p>\n
I mean,\u2062 you can<\/em>. It seems like the more norm-busting\u2064 degradation of the system you promise, the more popular you become these days. But that does not bode well\u200c for our future. <\/p>\n
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How does the erosion of institutions and disregard for constitutional authority weaken\u200b the foundations of democracy?<\/h2>\n
The Rise \u2064of Authoritarian Politics: A Threat to Democracy<\/p>\n
Authoritarianism is a concept that has gained significant \u2064attention in recent years, particularly in relation to politics. The idea of a strongman leader, who promises\u200b to \u200beliminate the complexities and divisions of traditional politics, may appeal to some individuals\u2063 disillusioned with the current state \u200bof affairs. But what are \u200bthe implications\u200b of this growing trend towards\u2063 authoritarian politics? And how does it impact the democratic values that we hold dear?<\/p>\n
Rachel Maddow, a prominent figure in the media, \u200dhas been\u200b known for\u200c her\u200d conspiracy theories and unhinged views.\u2062 Interestingly, she described Donald Trump’s alleged pitch \u2063to Republicans as an offer to end politics and consolidate power under a strongman leader. This is what Maddow herself appears to be enthusiastic about. But this desire for a dictator isn’t limited to\u200c Maddow alone. It seems that many individuals, from leading presidential candidates to ordinary citizens, harbor\u200c a longing \u200cfor their own personalized\u2062 dictator.<\/p>\n
However, the reality is that aspiring dictators have no real means of achieving their ambitions. In \u2062a democratic society like America, military coups and the rise of a Hitler-like figure are highly unlikely scenarios. The fear of an\u200c overthrow of democracy \u200ditself is nothing more than paranoia. Instead, what we witness is a slow erosion of basic standards and principles that underpin our political system.<\/p>\n
It is important to note that both sides of the political spectrum are not equally responsible for this corrosion. The system that progressives often criticize, including the deliberative Senate and counter-majoritarian institutions, actually forces leaders like Trump to\u200d engage with politics. Furthermore, the notion that conservative justices would halt a President Trump who blatantly exceeded\u2064 his\u200b constitutional authority is plausible. However, \u200dthe chances of \u200ba liberal majority court blessing the actions of a President Biden who\u200b oversteps his executive authority, as he often does, are much higher. The lack of limiting principles on the left makes it easy to justify\u200b actions without considering the broader consequences.<\/p>\n
In fact,\u200d many left-wing politicians and intellectuals openly encourage Biden to ignore courts and declare national emergencies to exert greater\u200c control over the economy through an expansive administrative state. This double standard \u2062is\u200b troubling, as it showcases a deliberate attempt to circumvent a court that occasionally\u2064 limits state power and\u200b protects American\u200b democracy.<\/p>\n
Looking towards the future, it is not inconceivable for a future President Trump or \u200bany other leader\u200c to appoint partisan judges who align with their political agenda. The Supreme Court’s decision on \u2062the Civil Rights Act, which eliminated racist preferences \u200din schools, was met with Biden’s assertion that the decision should not be the last word. \u2064This sentiment has\u200d been repeated by Biden\u200b on numerous occasions, suggesting a willingness to challenge constitutional boundaries.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Biden’s disregard for constitutional authority is evident in his decision to extend Trump’s eviction moratorium\u200c despite acknowledging its unconstitutional nature. Congressional Democrats, instead of protecting the integrity of their institution, supported this action. This pattern of ignoring constitutional limitations extends to proposals like student loan \u200dforgiveness<\/a>,\u2062 where high-ranking Democrats demand that Biden bypass Congress and unilaterally act.<\/p>\n
Given the prevailing attitude towards disregarding constitutional principles,\u200c it \u200draises the question of \u2063why states like Texas should adhere to Supreme Court decisions relating to border protection. \u200bPerhaps Texas should adopt the Biden method, constructing\u2064 different fences each time their idea is rejected by the court.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, the rise of\u200d authoritarian politics poses a \u2062profound threat to democracy. While the possibility of \u2063complete autocracy in democratic societies is limited, the erosion of institutions and disregard for constitutional authority weaken the foundations \u200dof our democratic system. It is crucial for citizens \u200cand leaders alike to recognize the importance of preserving democratic principles and resisting the allure\u200c of authoritarianism. Only through a \u200bcommitment to these values can we sustain a society that upholds the rights and liberties of all its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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