Democracy is giving way to dictatorship around the world. Will the U.S. follow the trend? From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.org:
For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered President John F. Kennedy and followed up by murdering his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Then President Nixon was murdered politically by democracy with the CIA/Washington Post orchestration of Watergate.
Democracy attempted to frame, indict, and prosecute President Trump for Russiagate, documents gate, insurrection gate, lying on mortgage loan applications, and twice tried to impeach him on false charges.
Democracy and accountable government lied to us about Vietnam, about the USS Liberty, about 9/11, Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein, Ghaddafi, Assad, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, South Ossetia, Iran, Russia, China, and Venezuela.
The accumulated failures of democracy eroded its foundations, thereby permitting the executive branch to encroach on the separation of powers and violate the US Constitution. The US has been in many wars since the last time Congress declared war in December 1941. The president has simply taken war out of Congress’ hands.
In the 21st century presidents have gone much further by stealing power from the US Constitution and courts. President George W. Bush declared his power to ignore habeas corpus and to hold American citizens indefinitely on suspicion alone without due process. President Obama declared his power to murder US citizens on suspicion alone without due process, and he did. Nothing was done about these unconstitutional acts that ignored judicial authority.
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