🧵A democracy can only survive as long as it’s preserved by a power not subject to democracy. Though most people aren’t willing to stare this truth in the eyes, everyone assumes it implicitly when they discuss American politics.
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The real debate, that it would be better and more honest for us to have sooner rather than later, is whether that Power That Preserves™️ ought to be more diffuse or more concentrated.
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Concede the democracy debate.
It's not "democracy: yes or no"
Managed Democracy is the future. "Who will manage it?" is the question.
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It's not "democracy: yes or no"
Managed Democracy is the future. "Who will manage it?" is the question.
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In theory, both options have pros and cons. One might say history tells a story one way or the other, but that’s what history is: a story agreed upon. It’s an appeal to power, not a justification for it.
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Democracy isn’t going away. It’s far too deeply-rooted in the Western psyche, and there are so many different yet-to-be-discovered iterations through which it can morph.
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Absolutely diffuse managed democracy is not democracy at all, because there is no management. If all are managers, none are.
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Absolutely concentrated managed democracy is as effective - that is, as true as possible to its spirit of uplifting the people to the Good, the True, and the Beautiful - as it is clear precisely who the managers are. The more hidden from view they become, the less effectively democratic it is.
(Again, speaking in terms of the ideal of government representative of the people’s interests.)
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(Again, speaking in terms of the ideal of government representative of the people’s interests.)
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If American government is to be sustained into the future, it will only be through extra-democratic means.
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You can see that this is true in the ironic posture of the Inner Party of the Regime - the party of Democrats - abandoning even the premise of democracy, even as they claim to champion it. Their actions reveal what they believe. I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually cease to even pay lip service.
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Things are moving too quickly for them, the board is stacking against them, and they are, little by little, having chipped away from them even the instinct to preserve the pretenses of their magical Sacred Word.
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They have stopped building things. One cannot govern if one does not build. Sitting in the pilot’s chair as a plane crashes is not flying a plane. One cannot squeeze blood from a stone. Their project is doomed to fail.
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They can sure squeeze a helluva lot of blood out of Americans, though.
Armed with this knowledge, we must proceed with great caution, because all we’re negotiating at this point is how much damage will be done in their fallout.
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Armed with this knowledge, we must proceed with great caution, because all we’re negotiating at this point is how much damage will be done in their fallout.
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One might think that the longer it takes, the worse it gets. But that's not necessarily true. They must fall at precisely the right time, not too soon, and not too late.
We must be wise.
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We must be wise.
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If American government is to be sustained into the future, it will only be through the continuous, coordinated, courageous decisions of individual people in individual moments, upon whom will rest the weight of history.
We ought to pray daily for wisdom, for us and them.
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We ought to pray daily for wisdom, for us and them.
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America will be borne through this crucible by the grace of God. May she, and our souls with her, emerge purified and victorious.
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