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And I don't think there should be a complaint if a government acts to remove that category of people.
Last question.
Last question.
So I don't accept the premise. That's fine. if we are only able to mobilize Americans around that specific threat to democracy, which is this high stakes confrontation between the executive and the judicial branch, that may happen. But most democracies that die or many democracies that die, die without that high stakes confrontation.
So I don't accept the premise. That's fine. if we are only able to mobilize Americans around that specific threat to democracy, which is this high stakes confrontation between the executive and the judicial branch, that may happen. But most democracies that die or many democracies that die, die without that high stakes confrontation.
What happens over time is that the mechanisms of accountability, the lawyers, the journalists, the college campuses, the places where truth is protected, where protest as midwife, they become co-opted by the regime or they become weakened enough that the opposition really never has enough oxygen in order to operate.
What happens over time is that the mechanisms of accountability, the lawyers, the journalists, the college campuses, the places where truth is protected, where protest as midwife, they become co-opted by the regime or they become weakened enough that the opposition really never has enough oxygen in order to operate.
I think that's more likely to be the story of American democracy's demise is that there actually isn't this grand confrontation between the Supreme Court and Trump. But that is not the But I guess we won't know the answer to your question, whether the public cares about that other more methodical assault on democracy until we tell that story.
I think that's more likely to be the story of American democracy's demise is that there actually isn't this grand confrontation between the Supreme Court and Trump. But that is not the But I guess we won't know the answer to your question, whether the public cares about that other more methodical assault on democracy until we tell that story.
I'm not sure that Americans will care any less about that. But right now, that's not the story broadly that the progressive left is telling. We are sort of hanging our hat on everything is probably OK until John Roberts and Donald Trump square off in a duel.
I'm not sure that Americans will care any less about that. But right now, that's not the story broadly that the progressive left is telling. We are sort of hanging our hat on everything is probably OK until John Roberts and Donald Trump square off in a duel.
And listen, I think it is also dependent on โ we started talking about the economy and we end there as well. I think people are going to be doing more head scratching and more introspection and more examination about his assault on democracy so long as the economy is getting worse because, again, it strikes at the heart โ
And listen, I think it is also dependent on โ we started talking about the economy and we end there as well. I think people are going to be doing more head scratching and more introspection and more examination about his assault on democracy so long as the economy is getting worse because, again, it strikes at the heart โ
of the self-narrative that I believe many Trump voters went to the polls with. I don't think he's serious about this stuff where he talks about attacking democracy. And even if I do, I'm going to kind of look the other way because I really think he's going to tackle prices. I think he's going to make my economic life better.
of the self-narrative that I believe many Trump voters went to the polls with. I don't think he's serious about this stuff where he talks about attacking democracy. And even if I do, I'm going to kind of look the other way because I really think he's going to tackle prices. I think he's going to make my economic life better.
And so if my economic life isn't getting better, then I'm going to care a lot more and maybe a little bit earlier than I might have otherwise about what he's doing to our democracy. So those two discussions I think will play out together in conjunction in the minds of a lot of voters.
And so if my economic life isn't getting better, then I'm going to care a lot more and maybe a little bit earlier than I might have otherwise about what he's doing to our democracy. So those two discussions I think will play out together in conjunction in the minds of a lot of voters.
White supremacy.
White supremacy.
White supremacy.