I have noticed your usage of the phrase "light authoritarianism" for a while and you used it again in this podcast. However, I do not think that you have made an effective case that Trump / Republicans plan for LIGHT authoritarianism.
January 6th was not light authoritarianism, it was an attempted coup and an attempt to establish a di…
I have noticed your usage of the phrase "light authoritarianism" for a while and you used it again in this podcast. However, I do not think that you have made an effective case that Trump / Republicans plan for LIGHT authoritarianism.
January 6th was not light authoritarianism, it was an attempted coup and an attempt to establish a dictatorship.
Trump telling Esper to send troops to shoot protestors does not sound "light".
Trump saying former members of his administration and other should be executed does not sounds light.
The project 2025 plan to cause all government workers to swear allegiance to Trump instead of the constitution does not sound light.
Plans to invoke the insurrection act and send troops to take over police stations in democratic cities on the first day of Trump’s second term does not sound light.
In short a great deal of what Trump did, attempted to do and plans to does sound light. These previous actions and plans sound like hard authoritarianism / dictatorship.
Also, the supreme court making president immune does not sound light.
Other presenters on the Bulkwark and other places repeatedly say that Trump has previously either done or tried to do everything he said he would do. Now the supreme court has given and project 2025 will give him massive and possibly unlimited power to implement his plans. If he exercises this power, is this not the definition of hard authoritarianism / dictatorship?
Please make your counter case. I would very much like to hear it.
Are you just calling it “light” in an effort to turn down the temperature or can you make an actual case? I am hoping and prayer there is a solid case for “light”.
To be clear in this context I am in no way advocating for violence, but I also believe we must be real about the risks and what we need to do and peaceful democratic means are the answer.
Tim,
I have noticed your usage of the phrase "light authoritarianism" for a while and you used it again in this podcast. However, I do not think that you have made an effective case that Trump / Republicans plan for LIGHT authoritarianism.
January 6th was not light authoritarianism, it was an attempted coup and an attempt to establish a dictatorship.
Trump telling Esper to send troops to shoot protestors does not sound "light".
Trump saying former members of his administration and other should be executed does not sounds light.
The project 2025 plan to cause all government workers to swear allegiance to Trump instead of the constitution does not sound light.
Plans to invoke the insurrection act and send troops to take over police stations in democratic cities on the first day of Trump’s second term does not sound light.
In short a great deal of what Trump did, attempted to do and plans to does sound light. These previous actions and plans sound like hard authoritarianism / dictatorship.
Also, the supreme court making president immune does not sound light.
Other presenters on the Bulkwark and other places repeatedly say that Trump has previously either done or tried to do everything he said he would do. Now the supreme court has given and project 2025 will give him massive and possibly unlimited power to implement his plans. If he exercises this power, is this not the definition of hard authoritarianism / dictatorship?
Please make your counter case. I would very much like to hear it.
Are you just calling it “light” in an effort to turn down the temperature or can you make an actual case? I am hoping and prayer there is a solid case for “light”.
To be clear in this context I am in no way advocating for violence, but I also believe we must be real about the risks and what we need to do and peaceful democratic means are the answer.