Archive - Democracy Americana

The American Government Sides with the Party of German Neo-Nazis

The MAGA-AfD alliance of extremists is not surprising, but it remains outrageous. If democracy is to prevail, America needs to establish a robust…

May 4 •

April 2025

How the Republic Falls

Constitutional protections suspended. The government purging “alien enemies” and the “enemy within.” Three months into Trumpist rule, despotism is…

Apr 20 •

March 2025

What Authoritarianism Means

Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and…

Mar 16 •

February 2025

MAGA, the German Far Right, and the Transnational Assault on Democracy

A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as…

Feb 25 •

MAGA Feeding Frenzy Has Caused a Constitutional Crisis

The assault is coming from different angles: Project 2025. The feudal tech barons. The America First nativists. It’s not a single master plan – it’s…

Feb 5 •

January 2025

Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism

Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous…

Jan 8 •

December 2024

The Modern Conservative Tradition and the Origins of Trumpism

Today’s Trumpist radicals are not (small-c) conservatives – but they stand in the continuity of Modern Conservatism’s defining political project

Dec 16, 2024 •

November 2024

Meet the Ideologue of the “Post-Constitutional” Right

Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the…

Nov 27, 2024 •

Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy” All Around Us

What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal…

Nov 21, 2024 •

Why the Second Trump Regime Will Be Far More Dangerous

This will be a much more radical regime – and it will operate under conditions that are vastly more favorable to its extremist cause

Nov 14, 2024 •

Why the Stakes in this Election Are So Enormously High

Democracy itself is on the ballot. If Trump wins, the extreme Right will be in a much better position than ever before to abolish it

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

It Could Definitely Happen Here

Many Americans struggle to accept that democracy is young, fragile, and could actually collapse – a lack of imagination that dangerously blunts the…

Oct 31, 2024 •

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