You’d think a hegemony with a 100-years tradition of upkeeping democracy against major non-democratic players, would have some mechanism that would prevent itself from throwing down it’s key ideology.
Is it really that the president is all that decides about the future of democracy itself? Is 53 out of 100 senate seats really enough to make country fall into authoritarian regime? Is the army really not constitutionally obliged to step in and save the day?
I’d never think that, of all places, American democracy would be the most volatile.
This is good information, a few follow up questions:
what does China gain by influencing the US to elect a fascist? It’s clear what us billionaires gain, less so for China
where are the breaks on choo choo train to Nazi America, based on this trend?