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athena

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3. The U.S. has strong institutions.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 11:57 AM

Nov 2016

It has a very strong constitution. Years ago, I read a book about how Hitler came to power. Weimar Germany had a very weak constitution, and its people did not believe in democracy. We have to be vigilant, but I believe the U.S. will be O.K. (The economy, on the other hand, will not be O.K. I predict a new Great Depression in about two or three years.)

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Is this the end of liberal democracy in the United States ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 OP

Paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin, no, if we can keep it. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #1

I have to believe the Founders would be aghast by Trump using the office of the presidency... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #2

The U.S. has strong institutions. athena Nov 2016 #3

Possibly but not likely el_bryanto Nov 2016 #4

Trump is the first president in my lifetime who doesn't believe in liberal democracy. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #5

I do think it's the end of the tyranny of the minority, though. MADem Nov 2016 #6

It's the beginning of the end... First Speaker Nov 2016 #7

Possibly, but too early to day CanonRay Nov 2016 #8

No, but Trump has revealed a winning formula that is going to be a problem Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2016 #9

I will give Drumpf credit for one thing. He has brass ones. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #10