The new smart contrarian take is telling people to shut up about the decline of US democracy, no-one cares bro. 
FWIW the US gets uniquely generous treatment from the rest of the world not just because it's powerful, but also because it's seen as a stable democracy. As that perception declines, so will a lot of other material benefits in the US.
When you want to say "make the trains run on time" but also, you hate trains
A generous interpretation of the original tweet is that it's not enough to raise the alarm about creeping authoritarianism. Specific changes should also be proposed. OK, but it seems like mass public needs to understand the stakes given that one party is blocking elite-led change
Fuck it, I'm going to write a substack post this week about threats to US democracy, specifically the targeting of election officials. Pointing out the risks, and the means by which they are emerging seems important even if we don't have all the answers.
My colleague put it more eloquently than I did
https://twitter.com/jonmladd/status/1478123232041525250?s=20
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