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Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

GOP Is Setting the Stage for a Possible Coup in 2024 While Dems Ignore Threat

Author:     Yoav Litvin
Source:     truthout
Publication Date:     March 20, 2022
 Link: GOP Is Setting the Stage for a Possible Coup in 2024 While Dems Ignore Threat
Stephan:   This is what concerns me. If you read SR regularly you will be familiar with these trends that move us towards anocracy. My disagreement with this piece is in the final paragraph. Litvin still doesn't get that it should be framed as creating equality and the democracy it expresses with wellbeing as the first societal priority.
Trump loyalists gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Credit: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty

The United States is continuing its reactionary response to the 2020 uprisings for Black lives. Republican representatives have increased efforts at redistricting, escalated draconian targeting of reproductive rights, and continue to attack education and books on racism, slavery and white supremacy; LGBTQ issues; and content depicting miscarriages, hysterectomies and pain during labor.

These right-wing efforts are fueled by social media and a rising embrace of conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, though perhaps predictably, the Democratic Party has been unable or unwilling to mount a progressive retort.

Truthout spoke with Anthony DiMaggio, associate professor of political science at Lehigh University, about the infiltration of fascism into contemporary political and media landscapes in the U.S. as outlined in his new book, Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here (Routledge; 2022).

Yoav Litvin: How is your book relevant in 2022? Didn’t Donald Trump lose in 2020?

Anthony DiMaggio: By losing in 2020, Trump learned from his mistakes. Trump really didn’t focus heavily on the […]

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2 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Livin is right on with this article. He sees what is missing in the Democratic methods of preparation for the future.

  2. Albus Eddie on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:54 pm

    I see this analysis a bit differently. We are at this stage of things because of a poorly functioning Justice system. If we had a functioning system Donald Trump would have been indicted decades ago. We have alot of Justice for the poor and very little accountability for the wealthy. This is how humans behave: If they are able to get away with smaller levels of malfeasance, they progress to larger and larger levels until we arrive at the present, since there are no consequences for their behaviors. I would add that the current Justice system is the product of both Democratic and Republican administrations. In addition, the democratic prosecutor in NYC and the democratic Attorney General of the United State have failed to produce major charges. What message does this give the population?