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I get the feeling you didn't read anything other than the title. Dismissing it because you don't like it or think it's "polarizing" is intellectually lazy. Judg

I get the feeling you didn't read anything other than the title. Dismissing it because you don't like it or think it's "polarizing" is intellectually lazy. Judge it on its merits, not your existing biases. The article goes into great depth about how the title premise is possible. Essentially, Trump getting a second term could have drastic consequences for democracy in the US. We are not immune to the things talked about in the article. Because they haven't happen in the past does not mean they can't. I agree with the article that we are closer to a crisis of democracy than at almost any other time in our history. I also think the author's Canadian citizenship and field of study gives him a far more objective, and probably globally representative, view of the current US situation.

Joeri 5y ago
I tend to lean left, but after reading the article I have to say it is very biased. For me as an outside observer it looks like both the left and the right political factions have become so polarized they are constantly aiming to “take control” to prevent the “other side” from having a say, because they believe the others are destroying America. The notion that politics is about consensus-building is long gone. I do agree with the article that 2024 could be an inflection point where the U.S. fundamentally moves away from democracy, but it is not a given that this happens under a Trump presidency, because it seems also possible that a second Biden presidency declares martial law to control millions of angry and armed Trump supporters.