Utterly stupid protests like "No kings" indeed can erode democracy! However, Western democracies have already survived many of such ridiculous protests in the past.
The author is "Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University"
"That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
Pro-democracy groups [???] had aimed to encourage large numbers of Americans to demonstrate that “together we are choosing democracy.” ...
And while multiple GOP leaders had attacked the planned demonstrations, describing them as “hate America” rallies, political science scholars and national security experts agree that the current U.S. administration’s actions are indeed placing the world’s oldest continuous constitutional republic in jeopardy.[???]
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. ..."
No comments:
Post a Comment