It’s the same reason dictators love elections: they appoint the people who run them to wrap the dictators actions in a veil of fake approval and oversight. It’s just rubber stamping fascism.
Eliminating elections would not harm dictators. Elections, like all democratic institutions need to be maintained and supported to maintain a democracy.
I feel you misunderstood. North Korea has elections. Russia has elections. Syria under Assas had elections. Strangely, the dictators always won by huge margins. Many dictators have a farce of a democracy to both give the people they rule a veneer of hope of freedom and to muddy the waters on the international stage.
Stalin had elections in Soviet Russia but he made it clear he didn’t care who voted. He cared about who counted the votes. Once the democratic institutions are subverted and their independence destroyed by a leader that leader gets to choose who sits in the seats: judges, legislators, bureaucrats, officers, and especially elections officials.
You’re right about the citizens being responsible for defending the institutions. In the end, the ultimate responsibility for the health of the republic lies with the people, not the government. The US does not understand just how much we have failed to defend the republic and we are on the verge of losing it.
I understood your statement, but the underlying connotation was “elections are bad”. Elections can be fair. Unfair elections can be restored, but not easily.
If it wasn’t already abundantly clear, the current administration gives zero fucks about the judiciary.
They must care about it a bit considering they want to abolish it and replace it with whatever Trump says goes.
It’s the same reason dictators love elections: they appoint the people who run them to wrap the dictators actions in a veil of fake approval and oversight. It’s just rubber stamping fascism.
Eliminating elections would not harm dictators. Elections, like all democratic institutions need to be maintained and supported to maintain a democracy.
I feel you misunderstood. North Korea has elections. Russia has elections. Syria under Assas had elections. Strangely, the dictators always won by huge margins. Many dictators have a farce of a democracy to both give the people they rule a veneer of hope of freedom and to muddy the waters on the international stage.
Stalin had elections in Soviet Russia but he made it clear he didn’t care who voted. He cared about who counted the votes. Once the democratic institutions are subverted and their independence destroyed by a leader that leader gets to choose who sits in the seats: judges, legislators, bureaucrats, officers, and especially elections officials.
You’re right about the citizens being responsible for defending the institutions. In the end, the ultimate responsibility for the health of the republic lies with the people, not the government. The US does not understand just how much we have failed to defend the republic and we are on the verge of losing it.
I understood your statement, but the underlying connotation was “elections are bad”. Elections can be fair. Unfair elections can be restored, but not easily.
Option A: have a real court that judges against you and points out all the crimes you commit.
Option B: A court that judges in your favor and makes up rules to support your actions after the fact.
Hmm, which court does a dictator want?
Baby steps.
This is just the start.
Looks like flying leaps from where I sit.