I'm seeing people say they feel frustrated by the slow workings of politics.
Politics in a democracy is deliberative. The checks and balances intended to create stability also create a slow process. Panic doesn't help.
In an autocracy, things can move swiftly, or even instantly
Politics in a democracy is deliberative. The checks and balances intended to create stability also create a slow process. Panic doesn't help.
In an autocracy, things can move swiftly, or even instantly
Profs. Ziblatt and Levitsky say that democracy is "grinding" work.
The problem is that people who say (and actually want) democracy insist that democratic leaders are weak and ineffectual when they are engaging in the work of democracy.
The problem is that people who say (and actually want) democracy insist that democratic leaders are weak and ineffectual when they are engaging in the work of democracy.
https://twitter.com/ShadurE/status/1397942212189560832
The bigger problem, of course, is that one party right now is anti-democratic.
That makes it all the more important for the other party to embrace democracy and democratic processes, with all of its frustrations.
If both parties abandon democracy, it's all over.
That makes it all the more important for the other party to embrace democracy and democratic processes, with all of its frustrations.
If both parties abandon democracy, it's all over.
The way to save democracy is with more democracy.
Unfortunately, social media rewards outrage merchants.
Unfortunately, social media rewards outrage merchants.
I never once said, "let's be bipartisan."
I said democratic solutions are generally not instantaneous. They can move quickly, as with FDR's new deal. But by that standard, Biden is moving even faster.
https://twitter.com/stewrocksthemic/status/1397945898886438914
I said democratic solutions are generally not instantaneous. They can move quickly, as with FDR's new deal. But by that standard, Biden is moving even faster.
As far as the Republican threat to democracy: There have always been threats to democracy. Until the 1950s, racial segregation was legal.
In fact, by this definition, American has only begun to embrace democracy after the modern Civil Rights and women's rights movement.
In fact, by this definition, American has only begun to embrace democracy after the modern Civil Rights and women's rights movement.
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