in fact in every swing state where we have a secretary of state race, there is someone who has either spread the big lie or was at the insurrection running to oversee elections. to understand how it could play out, just look at the razor-thin margins in these battleground states from 2020. narrow everywhere. 0.3 of 1% in georgia. the fear is that state boards could intervene and override local authorities. we could plausibly constitutionally have a stolen election. for many in 2020, democracy was saved at the state level by heroic officials and election workers who stood up to trump s demands. the republican party at every level has engaged in a full
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as it has endured. but few can see any hope. a desperate america is fertile ground for a demagogue. we re through with the sham battle of politicians and now we re on our own. father charles coughlin was the brightest political star in the darkness of the depression. he had such a soothing voice that you forgot you were poor, you forgot there was a depression. father coughlin becomes a full fledged national character. some of this may sound familiar but imagine a popular divisive figure using broadcast media to broadcast a message of fear and tribalism and anxiety. you have paid the price, democratic america. every handshake that adds another individual to his
france s socialist party, one of eu europe s most successful is a shadow of itself and spain held four elections in four years to arrive at a workable collision. in italy, ever since 2018, ushered in right wing populous, politics has been in turmoil saved by a government. even the netherlands took a record 225 days to form a collision government in 2017. why is this happening? some of the reasons are familiar. an age of rapid technology change, accelerating globalization and increasing ethnic diversity have created great anxiety. these anxieties then lead to distrust in traditional institutions and establish parties. new figures crash onto the political scene. some of who pedal fear and offer simple solutions to get rid of the complexity and take the country back, back to when times
ushered in right-wing populists. even the netherlands took a record the 25 days to form a coalition government in 2017. why is this happening? some of the reasons are familiar. an age of rapid technological change accelerating globalization and increasing ethnic diversity have created great anxiety. these great anxieties lead to distrust in traditional institutions and established parties, and new figures crash on to the political scene, some of who pedal fear and offer simple solutions to get rid of all the complexity and take the country back to when times were more table, often to when the country was great and the misty and often mistaken idea of some.