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Our democracy is dying of internal rot

So many of our politicians are willing to corrupt the checks and balances aspects of our democracy to benefit themselves and their political party. Tactics include gerrymandering, voter suppression, even efforts to limit the courts' capacity to proclaim their laws unconstitutional.

What's more, former President Trump has revealed his intentions for a second term.

First, and perhaps most daunting, he and his closest allies have promised sweeping transformations of the federal government. They envision a presidency that would be endowed with new and unprecedented powers.

There is a plan to purge the federal workforce of anyone deemed disloyal.

The plan also includes the capacity to wield the power of federal law enforcement against political enemies.

The former president even went so far as to state that former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley should be executed.

Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy. Not only are his plans reminiscent of the tactics used by numerous dictators, but he has also repeatedly praised the likes of Russias Vladimir Putin and North Koreas Kim Jong Un, saying they are very smart.

We cannot allow a second Trump presidency because he plans an autocracy instead of a representative republic guided by voters.

And the sad irony is that because authoritarians cant afford to have a populations of gun owners, almost immediately many of the day-to-day gun-owning MAGA boosters will lose their guns, their freedom or even their lives.

There will be no more voter rights. The free press will disappear. The right to free assembly to protest will be ripped away. We just must realize that what we are all headed toward is a full-fledged dictatorship.

Some, of course, will become the minions of the emerging fascist regime. They will be the white supremacists who followed the instructions to stand down and stand by.

Are you not interested in the dictatorship they are planning? Then, the time to act is now. The 2024 election is the crucial end point of our opportunity to end the current slide toward a Trump-led autocracy.

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Our democracy is dying of internal rot - The Montana Standard