Thread by @earlducaine

@davekarpf Democracy requires a super-majority, national consensus to be sustainable. The fact that 45%+ of the population, nationally voted for an anti-democratic, authoritarian regime means that our democracy is in a catastrophic state of crisis, and indeed is only being maintained by

@davekarpf institutional inertia, both governing institutions, but especially industry in the form of large conglomerates, especially tech, which could well have played a decisive roll in prevent Trump from usurping the election. But also included are 'woke corporations'.

@davekarpf That is a terrible position for our country to be in, and many wish it wasn't the case. But it's the frank state of affairs.

All the points about majoritarianism are are good, but don't address the fundamentally grave state of our democracy, which is that one of

@davekarpf our two political parties is rejecting democracy.