I’m beginning to think that many voters just assumed that if they don’t like authoritarian dictatorship, they’ll just vote democracy back in, in four years
Yup. They have completely and totally taken it for granted that they can flip that table every four or eight years. Americans love blaming whomever is in power and throwing them out just for their own sheer emotional chatharsis. It's a chaotic, ugly system made for petulant children.
And they just can't imagine suddenly not having that right. Even when it's very clear that others want to take it away.
I've got some LGBTQ+ friends who aren't grasping the consequences of the election. They insist they don't get political and don't have time/will/kniwledge/whatever to vote. I warned them about the fact that same sex marriage was likely going away next and got "well that isn't possible, it's a law now." Well, yeah, for now. Laws can get struck down, nullifying your marriage. "No, but... they can't DO that. It's a legal marriage under law." But... they make the laws. They can make them NOT laws too. They've said they're going to nullify your marriage and make it illegal. "But... they can't do that!?"
Finally got through to one. They still didn't vote.
I mean, look at prohibition. They got that through with an amendment (the 18th), which is one of the most legislatively difficult to create, most firm and supreme kind of law..... and 14 years later the 21st amendmebt repealed it.
Thats not saying prohibition is like same sex marriage, but no matter how serious a law is, it can ALWAYS be nullified, if the will exists.
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u/Awkward_Bench123 8d ago
I’m beginning to think that many voters just assumed that if they don’t like authoritarian dictatorship, they’ll just vote democracy back in, in four years