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Trump's (functional) acquittal and Brexit happening on the same day really hammers home the nature of our current crisis: an assault on the rules supposed to constrain and bind ascendant populism from running roughshod over dissenters
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Zack Beauchamp
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It's a crisis of both halves of liberal democracy. It rejects liberalism's protections for minority rights and replaces the democratic ideal of equal citizenship with the populist ideal of a "true" people whose views represent the general will
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Zack Beauchamp
@zackbeauchamp
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This is the logic under which the narrow victory of the 2016 referendum is sacrosanct and irreversible, under which Trump cannot be impeached because 63 million voted for him
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Zack Beauchamp
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It's the logic that says pro-European voters in Britain are seditious "remoaners" who can be ignored. It's the logic that Democrats aren't "real Americans," so raw Republican partisanship actually represents authentic patriotism
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Zack Beauchamp
@zackbeauchamp
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31. sij |
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This essentially authoritarian idea will celebrate two big victories today. And it won't be satisfied.
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John The Jay
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Best.
Day.
Ever. pic.twitter.com/kzy4L2NOje
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Andrews Dad
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Shorter Zach: Elections should no longer matter
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Irenist🇻🇦🇺🇸🇮🇪
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Since Mr. Beauchamp is such a fan of countermajoritarian institutions, I expect he’ll be fine with the Electoral College handing Trump another victory this year, or SCOTUS overturning Roe, and won’t write about how either represents the death of democracy
twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/… twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/…
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FieldRoamer
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If you are suggesting the Remainers and the Democratic Party are a repressed minority, you are going to have a very hard sell.
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FieldRoamer
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Dissenters are not a minority of either population.
You are deliberately mischaracterizing the situation in both countries.
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sp6r=underrated
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1. GOP has presidency despite losing popular vote & senate despite losing national vote. GOP holds power despite getting less votes.
2. Brexit won referendum & pro-Brexit party won multiple elections. Remainers weren't strong enough to take over labor. Brexit is dumb & legitimate
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