23. USA: Learning from the long constitutional collapse—Part 2. Feat. Daniela Vancic
Where do we even start with this one?
The thing about the constitutional collapse in the US is that it’s unfolding before our very eyes, on our screens, all of the time. It’s not a single event. It is an ongoing erosion playing out in public view. This is not your everyday partisan struggle.
So let’s call it what it is.
From the January 6th Capitol insurrection to repeated threats of government shutdown to challenging the legitimacy of the Supreme Court…
… from executive and judicial overreach to crises of electoral legitimacy to constant brinkmanship…
… this is what an authoritarian takeover…
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