While I agree that Democrats shouldn’t engage in the dangerous political nihilism of McConnell, turning the other cheek will be the death of democracy.
While I agree that Democrats shouldn’t engage in the dangerous political nihilism of McConnell, turning the other cheek will be the death of democracy. America is a democracy governed by antidemocratic institutions. We are on an exorable path toward being a country where a shrinking conservative, white minority rules a growing, diverse progressive majority. If we allow that to happen, the system will collapse. We can’t count on Republicans having an epiphany or doing the right thing.
It’s certainly possible—as How Democracies Die argues—that the ideas like the ones proposed in this book will lead to even worse actions by the Republicans. The truth is no one knows what will happen. But I do know that if we do nothing, democracy as we know it will be dead.
