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In reply to the discussion: Is Democracy Dying in the USA? [View all]OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)13. It's hanging by a Mueller thread. If he gets fired, Democrats need to mobilize to get people on the
streets and shut the country down until he is re-instated. I have zero confidence in the Republicans voluntarily standing up for Democracy. In reality they know (especially after voting for the Tax payoffs to the rich) that they are toast. In which case, what do they have to lose in killing democracy and being the party of power ?
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i've read articles posted here stating that we are essentially a de facto oligarchy
Takket
Dec 2017
#7
It's hanging by a Mueller thread. If he gets fired, Democrats need to mobilize to get people on the
OnDoutside
Dec 2017
#13
Mueller can't save our democracy because the problem goes so much deeper than Donald Trump.
StevieM
Dec 2017
#14
He's the line in the sand that says the Institutions can put a halt on a maniacal President. If he
OnDoutside
Dec 2017
#15
Any semblance of democracy in our society was eviscerated following the 2000 presidential election.
jcmaine72
Dec 2017
#16
According to a study by two Princeton professors we are an oligarchy now, not a democracy.
jalan48
Dec 2017
#19
Dedemocratization started 38 years in 1980 . I still remember Ronnie Rayguns words . " The problem
geretogo
Dec 2017
#23
Winning states is where gerrymandering gets stopped cold & permanently. Independent commissions. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2017
#25
Problem is to save it there has to be more than 5% of the public who are
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2017
#27
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good folk to do nothing"
struggle4progress
Dec 2017
#35