According to a brilliant piece by Brynn Tannehill in The New Republic, “The United States is probably about to have a ‘fuck around and find out’ moment that’s lethal to our form of government as we know it. The rapidity of the collapse is going to be terrifying. It will rival the end of the Weimar Republic in terms of its swiftness, and how far it swings away from democracy and human rights. It will come like a tidal wave. So much so fast that civil rights organizations won’t have the resources to fight more than a fraction of it, and the result will be like sandcastle walls trying to hold back a tsunami. … According to people who study how democracies die, this [a president personally directing and weaponizing the D.O.J. and the I.R.S.] would serve as a big, flashing neon light that says the democracy is either dead or dying. But the American public doesn’t seem to notice, or care. … You might ask why the Round Two Trumpies would do things that they know are hideously unpopular with the public. The answer has already been stated: Trump, and Republicans, plan on never leaving power again, and they will use every instrument of the government they’re corrupting to ensure their permanent place in power. … And the worst part is, I believe this is currently the most likely outcome. Because of the Electoral College, in order to have a 50–50 chance of winning the election, Biden needs to win the popular vote by about 4 percent. He barely won a handful of swing states last time with a 4.5 percent national advantage. Most polls show his lead to be something closer to 2 to 3 percent this time around [Bingo!]. … Biden’s popularity has waned, and the American public has a short memory [Bingo!]. They forget how chaotic and radicalized Trump’s first term was [Bingo!]. We collectively cannot grasp how bad a second term will be, in the same way that we cannot grasp how big the universe is, or what infinity looks like [Double bingo!]. White Americans have never lived in a country where democracy has collapsed. Black people come closest, the older ones among them having collective generational memory of Jim Crow and slavery [emphasis added].” I was almost tempted to publish the entire article.
What caught me, in particular, is the part I put in italics above: But the American public doesn’t seem to notice, or care. Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Finally! Someone actually sees America for what it is and writes about it without sugarcoating the state of affairs or being naively optimistic. In short: Americans don’t f***ing care! In fact, Americans don’t really want to live in a democracy. They are too f***ing stupid and getting dumber by the day. Democracy has always relied on — at a minimum — a knowledgable (not necessarily highly educated but at least aware or dare I say woke) and engaged (caring) electorate. Modern Americans, in sufficient numbers, lack both. I’ve been saying this for years and screaming into the void long before these political pundits have come to the same conclusion. I’m not saying I discovered this movement; authors had written books warning about the potential of such an autocratic America before I started publishing this blog, but I have never read them. (The books I read are usually about SCOTUS, economics, history, and a touch of philosophy.) Indeed, I have come to the same conclusion as book authors (and, now, these more recent periodical authors) on my own, through my own observations and reasoning. There is motivation as to why I named this website “Welcome to Stupid America” and not “My Opining on America.” And it’s not like I’m incredibly gifted with intelligence; I just opened my f***ing eyes. It’s that simple. More people should do it.
To be perfectly honest, I did not think Biden would win in 2020. That was a surprise and shook my confidence in my political acumen. But over the years, my convictions have been restored, and I am more certain than ever that Biden — as I have been saying almost from the start of his administration — is the intermission to the end of America’s democracy. The second half and the final chapter will be the second term of a traitor trump presidency. I have always said from the day after the 2020 election that traitor trump was never going into the good night, and I have been saying for all that time he will run again even though idiot political pundits had long written his political obituary. I understood that the RepubliKKKlan Party would never abandon him, especially after the insurrection. I understood that electing traitor trump the first time singled a significant shift in America that the M.S.M. and most political pundits have yet to apprehend. They are still unwilling to call a spade a spade for fear of being too honest or shining too much light on what is plain and obvious. (The M.S.M. still won’t call traitor trump a liar! Need I say more?) I guess spelling out the doom of America’s democracy doesn’t sell much commercial time. It’s better to lull stupid Americans into delusions and a false sense of security now and then report on the “surprise” turn of events after it’s too late. Now that sells advertisement space!
I will end with this thought: There is one missing aspect of the article I quoted above and missing more generally from any commentary and analysis I read, and that is the role Democrats have played and continue to play in the downfall of America. Oh, yes! You heard me correctly, and the one or two people who follow me understand this is no surprise for me to state. Democrats are just as culpable as RepubliKKKlans for ushering in the end of America’s democracy. I blame Democrats for being too f***ing weak at a time when political ruthlessness should be the rule of the day. I blame Democrats for completely misreading the room and always having a naive mindset that Americans are smart enough and care enough to pay attention to politics. Democrats’ faith in Americans is highly over-rated and will catch up with them in the long run, and in some respects, it already has. Witness SCOTUS and overturning Roe. If I had a nickel for every time a Democrat reassured citizens that SCOTUS would never (dare) roll back women’s rights, then I would be as rich as Musk. It seems like everyone saw the writing on the wall when R.B.G. died, except Democrats! That says everything in a nutshell. Sadly, Democrats are completely incapable of standing up to the RepubliKKKlan Party forcefully enough and long enough to prevent America from becoming a fascist state. Oh, well. Welcome to stupid America! The end is coming. Mark my words!