Dictators come into existent through the voting process; therefore, Democracy is lost, When Democracy is lost freedom is lost.
Freedom is the belief that you can try; you must not be afraid to vote!!!
America is the world because its made up of people from around the world.
| ATTRIBUTES | DEMOCRACY | DICTARSHIP |
| Representative Government | Y | N |
| Free and Fair Elections | Y | N |
| Free Speech | Y | N |
| Free Press | Y | N |
| Kingship | N | Y |
| Oath to the Constitution | Y | N |
| Privacy – mail delivery | Y | N |
| Laws authorized by the citizens | Y | N |
There is no country with a plurality democracy like ours. Our different cultures, skills, and abilities create our economic size and drive.
Our Bill of Rights and the Constitution protect us from the government and violence.
We will lose the laws of the land, our rights, and our way of life under a dictator. We are not protected from a strong man if we become a dictatorship!
Update: We nearly lost our democracy because of a failed coup attempt, an attack of the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, to stop the certification of electoral votes.
The insurrection commenced at the President’s rally. The donors were anonymous and the President and his allies inflamed the crowd with words like “Combat”, “Marshal law”, “Fight like hell….”.
Plans between hit-man President Trump, his allies, and hate groups such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, The 3 percenters, Neo-Nazi, QAnon members, white supremacy groups, and other extremists for the insurrection, were organized days before the rally.
The original insurrection happened in 1814 when Britain burned down the Capitol. The 1/6 committee was commissioned to find the truth and the role of each actor in the insurrection, so it won’t happen again!!
As of December 2021. the social and racially tinged issues that Trump moved to the center of GOP messaging have dominated legislative sessions in state after state. The G.O.P. party has passed several laws and rules to remain in power.
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- The proliferation of bills restricting ballot access or overturning the result of an election in red states has commanded national attention, it represents just one stream in a torrent of conservative legislation poised to remake the country. GOP-controlled states—including Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Iowa, and Montana—have advanced their most conservative agenda in years, and one that reflects Donald Trump’s present stamp on the Republican Party.
- Half a dozen states, including Tennessee, Montana, Iowa, and Texas, have passed legislation allowing gun owners to carry their weapons without a permit.
- Texas, South Carolina, Idaho, and Oklahoma have passed legislation banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected, after about six weeks of pregnancy (before women typically even know they are pregnant); Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas also passed virtually complete bans on abortion. Arizona approved an extremely restrictive bill that includes barring abortions for certain genetic conditions.
- Ten states have adopted about two dozen laws in total targeting transgender individuals, including legislation in seven states that bars transgender athletes from competing in school sports. In the U.S., “2021 has officially surpassed 2015 as the worst year for anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent history,” the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ-advocacy group, recently concluded. “States have now enacted more anti-LGBTQ laws this year than in the last three years combined.”
- Through mid-May, “14 states have enacted 22 new laws with provisions that make it harder for Americans to vote,” and many other laws are still pending, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School. “At this rate,” the organization wrote, “The United States is on track to far exceed its most recent period of intense legislative activity to restrict the vote—2011.” More red states may join this push: After a walkout by state House Democrats blocked a restrictive Texas voting law this week, Governor Greg Abbott announced that he would call a special session to pass the law later this year.
- Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and about half a dozen other states have passed laws stiffening penalties against demonstrators who block traffic or cause property damage, and several of those states have simultaneously provided civil or criminal protection for drivers who hit protesters, according to a tally by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law.
- Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas have barred public schools from teaching “critical race theory,” which focuses on racism as an endemic feature of American history. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is moving to prohibit it through a ruling by the state board of education.
- Florida, Georgia, and Texas have all passed laws penalizing local governments that cut funding for their police department. One of the measures approved in Texas stipulates that a county looking to cut police funding must first win voter approval through a referendum—but would apply only to counties with a population of 1 million or more, almost all of which lean Democratic.
- Over the past year, several red-state governors have issued executive orders or signed laws barring local governments from mandating the use of face masks or limiting local businesses’ hours of operation; Florida and Tennessee have passed laws barring local governments or businesses from requiring residents to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. Restrictive voting laws passed in Georgia and proposed in Texas explicitly outlaw measures used to increase voter turnout in the states’ largest cities (Atlanta and Houston, respectively).
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NOTE: This surge of polarizing legislation is being driven largely by a combination of confidence and fear.
The Statue of Liberty was a July 4, 1884 birthday gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution. Without its pedestal, it’s as tall as a 15-story building. It was the hope of many French liberals that democracy would prevail and that freedom and justice for all would be attained.
Systemic Loss of Democracy!
The “playbook ” for Fascism includes the breaking of democratic norms. Such as overturning elections [unfair vote counts], gerrymandering, violence, intimidation, exclusion, second-class citizenship, and selfishness. Forming federal, state, and local governments with anti-democratic officers. Creating conspiracy theories and marketing misinformation and lies.
US democracy is a government for & by the people. It is a government fueled by legislation with freedoms and rights for its people. In the USA our government is representative. It was formed to provide a check on the three branches of government: President (executive), Congress (legislative), and judicial. If people do not select our government, then we have a dictatorship.
Dictatorship is a system of government in which a single party rules a country or a group of countries, selected groups of people, organizations, or individuals (a dictator). Power is exercised through various mechanisms to ensure that the entity’s influence remains strong.
If a mean dictator is elected, we can lose our freedoms and rights. Some laws will be changed to suit a few people, while the vast majority of them will help and protect a corrupt government. Protecting the little guy will be in danger as well as protecting the animals, land, air, and water in our country. The dictator’s lies may become standard law and be reported as news. These stories can violate our civil rights. With a dictator in charge, defending ourselves is hopeless because we will be isolated from our allies. Our government will become a moneymaker for a dictator. In other words, our tax dollars will support him/her.
During the 2016 election, we learned why character matters and that foreign governments must stay out of our elections. Make your voice heard. We want our rights and freedoms.
Vote!!!
