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How is it a single party dictatorship? There was JUST an election with multiple parties.

by mvdtnz 2y ago

dpe82 2y ago
And it was likely the last one that will have mattered.
- mvdtnz 2y ago
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  - fckdt 2y ago
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rvz 2y ago
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- ASinclair 2y ago
  Do elections make it ok that elected officials are just ignoring laws wholesale?
  - macinjosh 2y ago
    Google selective enforcement. Happens every day.
    - PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
      This is not what is normally referred to as "selective enforcement".
yibg 2y ago
This was true for the lead up to many dictators. By itself, just having an election doesn't really mean much. We'll see if there are future (fair) elections.
maeil 2y ago
In April 1933, Germany had JUST had an election with multiple parties. In December 1917, Russia had just had such an election. In May 1924, Italy had just had such an election. In June 1946, Czechoslovakia had just had such an election. And almost immediately afterwards, each became a single-party dictatorship.
- rvz 2y ago
  Did the US just end all future elections from 2024 "immediately afterwards"? Are all senate and house congressmen/women of only just one single party and no other, currently elected into congress right now? Did congress also just cease to exist "immediately afterwards"? Seriously, comparisons like this are really just completely something of delusion and comparing the US in 2025 to Nazi Germany in 1933 is a tired stretch worthy of just dismissing altogether to be honest. Come on.
  - res0nat0r 2y ago
    I think their point is the current GOP is behaving like they're members of a dictatorship in that they won't speak out or against their dear leader and allow him to easily break laws daily which they would have impeached Biden for in an instant, and have completely given up their job of governing in service to the leader. Sure the USA is still a two party system right now, but unless something completely drastic happens between now and four years from now, I fully expect Trump to say "the Constitution says a POTUS can only serve two consecutive terms", and he won't leave office and the GOP will be completely fine with that.
  - Propelloni 2y ago
    It is an expression of fear. Just as democracies are well advised to take fears about immigration seriously, they are well advised to take fears about authoritarian overreach seriously (this used to be a core strength of the GOP). Many people fear the USA is on a trajectory of dismantling its democratic institutions and into an authoritarian single-party dictatorship. If you are interested in a working democracy it would be wise to not dismiss these concerns out of hand just because they draw comparisons to historical regimes where authoritarian overreach ended democracies. The comparison might be wrong, yet the concerns are real.

How is it a single party dictatorship? There was JUST an election with multiple parties.

by mvdtnz 2y ago

How is it a single party dictatorship? There was JUST an election with multiple parties.

dpe82 2y ago

And it was likely the last one that will have mattered.

mvdtnz 2y ago
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- fckdt 2y ago
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rvz 2y ago

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ASinclair 2y ago
Do elections make it ok that elected officials are just ignoring laws wholesale?
- macinjosh 2y ago
  Google selective enforcement. Happens every day.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
    This is not what is normally referred to as "selective enforcement".

yibg 2y ago

This was true for the lead up to many dictators. By itself, just having an election doesn't really mean much. We'll see if there are future (fair) elections.

maeil 2y ago

In April 1933, Germany had JUST had an election with multiple parties. In December 1917, Russia had just had such an election. In May 1924, Italy had just had such an election. In June 1946, Czechoslovakia had just had such an election. And almost immediately afterwards, each became a single-party dictatorship.

rvz 2y ago
Did the US just end all future elections from 2024 "immediately afterwards"? Are all senate and house congressmen/women of only just one single party and no other, currently elected into congress right now? Did congress also just cease to exist "immediately afterwards"? Seriously, comparisons like this are really just completely something of delusion and comparing the US in 2025 to Nazi Germany in 1933 is a tired stretch worthy of just dismissing altogether to be honest. Come on.
- res0nat0r 2y ago
  I think their point is the current GOP is behaving like they're members of a dictatorship in that they won't speak out or against their dear leader and allow him to easily break laws daily which they would have impeached Biden for in an instant, and have completely given up their job of governing in service to the leader. Sure the USA is still a two party system right now, but unless something completely drastic happens between now and four years from now, I fully expect Trump to say "the Constitution says a POTUS can only serve two consecutive terms", and he won't leave office and the GOP will be completely fine with that.
- Propelloni 2y ago
  It is an expression of fear. Just as democracies are well advised to take fears about immigration seriously, they are well advised to take fears about authoritarian overreach seriously (this used to be a core strength of the GOP). Many people fear the USA is on a trajectory of dismantling its democratic institutions and into an authoritarian single-party dictatorship. If you are interested in a working democracy it would be wise to not dismiss these concerns out of hand just because they draw comparisons to historical regimes where authoritarian overreach ended democracies. The comparison might be wrong, yet the concerns are real.