In the context of the Colorado decision, do you think that the trend toward omnibalancing is at all indicative that the US is stumbling towards anocracy -- defined as an extended period of government among competing power centers, with none able to gain the upper hand on the rest?
I could see the 'future history' description of such a des…
In the context of the Colorado decision, do you think that the trend toward omnibalancing is at all indicative that the US is stumbling towards anocracy -- defined as an extended period of government among competing power centers, with none able to gain the upper hand on the rest?
I could see the 'future history' description of such a descent going something like this: "The power struggle over Donald Trump's 2024 candidacy revealed that the US was no longer a set of opposing actors cooperating within common institutions, but a set of institutions failing to cooperate in shared self-government. The military hid behind the shield of civilian control until it was too late. State supreme courts split on allowing Trump on the ballot, and sought ways to get around SCOTUS's repeated rulings on the matter. SCOTUS itself could not pose a unified front among these challenges. Right-wing media continued to zombify a GOP whose elites were increasingly both detached from and deranged by osmosis with its constituents, while the campus left paralyzed the Democrats."
In the context of the Colorado decision, do you think that the trend toward omnibalancing is at all indicative that the US is stumbling towards anocracy -- defined as an extended period of government among competing power centers, with none able to gain the upper hand on the rest?
I could see the 'future history' description of such a descent going something like this: "The power struggle over Donald Trump's 2024 candidacy revealed that the US was no longer a set of opposing actors cooperating within common institutions, but a set of institutions failing to cooperate in shared self-government. The military hid behind the shield of civilian control until it was too late. State supreme courts split on allowing Trump on the ballot, and sought ways to get around SCOTUS's repeated rulings on the matter. SCOTUS itself could not pose a unified front among these challenges. Right-wing media continued to zombify a GOP whose elites were increasingly both detached from and deranged by osmosis with its constituents, while the campus left paralyzed the Democrats."
Any of this ring true?