We had a good run america. Catch ya later
Yeah, kinda feels like a death sprial.
So for future democracies, what would be the changes needed to prevent this from happening again?
I think I’m order to answer that we’d have to define what caused the problems in the first place.
First and foremost it seems like money in politics was a huge factor.
Second, possibly a lack of representation was another factor and one that may have led to a rise in catering to extremism at the house level. Add to that to gerrymandered districts and you end up with a series lack of representation. Another obvious issue would be the reliance on the electoral college, another anti democratic idea.
Another factor I think was a lack of media and journalistic standards. It’s hard to tell what a solution would be but clearly the ability of an influential entity’s ability to spread either misinformation, propaganda, or half truths primed an electorate to be open to even more extremism.
Lastly and maybe even the most important, was a lack of focus on keeping the public educated. I’m talking about everything from not understanding how our government works to not being trained on how to discern truth from lies, propaganda, and half truths. An educated public, imo, is the greatest defender of democracy.