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What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
Trump’s crypto-fascism poses an immediate and grave threat. One senses the Germany of 1938, ’39 – mobs encourage by Hitler to break Jewish shop-windows = “MAGA”! – When was America great? Before Civil Rights gave Blacks the right to vote? When Native Americans were subjected to genocide? Before women could vote? Trump would return us to a horrific past.
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What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
The main challenges facing democracy today are much of the electorate’s inability to think critically and to exert the necessary mental energy to research not just the issues, but workable and equitable solutions. A willfully uninformed public that prefers unverified opinions, even repetitive ranting, will be the undoing of our society no matter the form of government. We have seen what tyranny of the majority and moneyed interests have done to political discourse, pursuit of sound policies and the well-being of the nation as a whole. Demagoguery and jingoism coupled with authoritarian populism are readying to tear our house down. More credible, serious media coverage, a cessation of algorithmic pandering in an atmosphere of real civics education may be the the beginning of the long arduous way forward to a truly a civil society.
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What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
The Republican Party today is democracy’s main challenge. Donald Trump is so much more than unlikable. He is dangerous to our democracy and us. He foments hatred between citizens and violence against those who express a differing opinion than his and MAGA followers. The inability to speak freely without fear is the the first amendment. First. And this MAGA movement is much more than a ‘challenge’ to our democracy. It is Everest. But we must remain steadfast and take action to reach the peak. This party, as it is today, and this man must be stopped. He is not a god and he will be defeated if we speak out, encourage others to speak out, and vote, vote,vote.
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What are the main challenges facing democracy today?
I have been going around PA and NJ giving Civic Saturdays on how the power in democracy grows when we are able to work in community with others on issues that are important to us. Each meeting begins with the reading of a document or speech that has had an important part in the development of our democracy. The last Saturday service used a speech given by Carie Chapman Catt. Then there is a sermon on democracy. It’s a sermon because we are talking about how we believe in democracy and the ways that it works for us and gives us the power to ensure that our government is of, by and for us, the people of the United States of America. In November’s Civic Saturday, the sermon was about how life experiences prepare us to appreciate democracy and help us understand how important community is in making democracy work for us. After the sermon, we discussed the aspects of our belief in democracy and how the sermon affected them.