" If only there was a augury , or some denotation that he would be a ' dictator on day one . ' "
Many Americans say theyfearthe long-term repercussions of Donald Trump’s second presidential term.
In ther/politicssubredditu/Competitive_Ad291presented aconcernthat several US scholars share, according to NPR, which is that the “US is swiftly sliding towardauthoritarianism.”
Five hundred and twenty US-based political scientists have indicated their concerns in aBright Line Watchsurvey since 2017. It asks professors to rate the performance of American democracy on a scale from zero (dictatorship) to 100 (perfect democracy). In November, after Trump’s reelection, the rating was 67. However, weeks into Trump’s second term it had fallen to 55.
“There’s certainly consensus: We’re moving in the wrong direction,” the co-director of Bright Line Watch, John Carey, told NPR.
In response, people expressed concern and frustration:
1.“What part of ‘I will be adictatorfrom day one,’ did they not hear? Harsh perhaps, but now might not be the time for prevarication of words and deeds. That slippery slope is getting steeper.”
2.“Part of the country thinks the real threat is thetranscommunity and immigrants; others agree with the scholars, but are too complacent to do anything about it.”
— u / ItsAProdigalReturn
3.“We’ve been hitting tons of red flags on this for decades now, and it’s not just Trump. It’s pretty chilling seeing the same indicators and the same early-warning violence flags.”
— u / Sminahin
4.“This will be America’s biggest fight for survival since the Civil War.”
5.“If only someone could have seen this coming before the elections. If only there was a sign, or some indication that he would be a ‘dictatoron day one.'”
— uracil / Rambos_Magnum_Dong
6.“It’s staggering just how far we’ve fallen in such a short time. I never realized how many people were so ignorant and afraid.”
— uranium / Kantsas
7.“I strongly agree and don’t dispute their conclusions. However, I disagree that Trump is doing it well, or competently, or in any way that will manage to stabilize.”
8.“We are there. The constant language of ‘we are heading,’ and ‘this will make us…’ No, we are there.”
— u / NaptownSnowman
9.“Political scientist here who contributes to thesurveythey’re citing. This panel survey has been ongoing for years now, but separately from the survey, many of us have been SCREAMING publicly about this since 2016. Some of us even wrote best-selling books about this (ex:How Democracies Die).”
10.“Heading toward? The folks in El Salvador, including a mistakenly deportedfather, would argue we passed that point a while ago.”
— atomic number 92 / lonelliott
11.“The MAGAs want this. They should move to Iran or Russia to live their dream out. Fuck MAGAs.”
— u / ColorMeSchocked
12.“The US has been authoritarian for quite a while. Even before Trump.”
13.And finally, “Write your congressmen and women. We need to be at a strike a month. The next best time is now.”
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