Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Way back in 2016, after Trump “won” the presidential election through minority vote, there were a number of experts on authoritarianism speaking out on the results. One particular writer, Masha Gessen[1], summarized three principles:
- Believe the autocrat.
- Don’t be taken in by small signs of normality.
- Your institutions will not save you.
Gessen was absolutely correct, and his predictions are still playing out eight years later. Especially, “Your institutions will not save you.”
- Gessen, M. (2020). Surviving Autocracy. Riverhead Books. [↩]
Judgement Day
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Today is the last chance American’s have to vote for our future and our President. Do we want a fascist-lite morally corrupt convicted felon who was sued over 4000 times for not paying his bills? Who went bankrupt four times, each time profiting while his investors lost everything. Banned from running charities in New York after stealing from a children’s cancer fund. Who has credibly been accused of multiple counts of rape and pedopillia. A man showing clear signs of malignant narcissistic personality disorders and age-related dementia?
Or do we want a woman who is an accomplished former prosecuting attorney, former California State Attorney General, former Senator, and current Vice President to one of the most successful Presidents in our generation? Who also happens to be a black lady and daughter of immigrant parents.
Amazingly, according to polls, as of last week one third of our nation’s voters had not yet made up their minds.
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