The public history of Project 2025 reveals a lot about how Trump understands power - and how the mainstream discourse (mis-) understands the extreme Right
Anyhoo, in the 8 year scenario, it seems that all the Project 2025 folks need to do is bide their time, and in at most 8 years, Americans will hand them the levers of power, and Project 2025 will be able to be implimented. As the extremist rot in the GOP will not end with tRump, and Republicans being willing to play the long game (see "Mitch McConnell"), I figure the country has, at most, about a decade before the Republic falls into dictatorship. As the old saying goes, "Dictatorship delayed is not dictatorship denied."
I'd be happy to hear any and all counterarguments.
My concern is this: so lets say that Harris / Walz win the election, and even that they win again in 2028. As Americans usually do, after two cycles of the same party in power, they seem to invariably tire of "the same old thing" and bring the other side to power, as has happened many times.
Everything in this article is true and relevant. The one thing that is happening but not given adequate attention here is the grassroots groundswell against project 2025. This takes courageous individuals willing to speak out, especially in red states. But most of the elite media seems oblivious to, or worse complicit with, the authoritarians. If democracy fails here, it will cascade worldwide, and our media will bear a huge share of the guilt.
Excellent essay that really summarizes and analyses Project 2025, the people behind it and it's relationship to Trump. It is remarkable that the MSM is so reluctant to report on Trump's obvious decline which is clearly visible by watching any rally of his because they don't want to criticize him personally (we now have a new word "sane-washing"), but at least they are willing to investigate and criticize Project 2025 and the people behind it. Democrats have also been able to connect the Red state abortion bans to Project 2025 along with the more extreme proposals to ban contraception (including condoms), IVF, same sex marriage, and a whole host of other ideas that are not in the least popular with voters. And let's not forget JD Vance and his clearly anti-women views. Maybe it was hubris for these men to broadcast Project 2025 and to completely underestimate how women and younger voters would react to their plans but, it put an urgency to the right's extremism and that's important.
Thought interrupted ....
Anyhoo, in the 8 year scenario, it seems that all the Project 2025 folks need to do is bide their time, and in at most 8 years, Americans will hand them the levers of power, and Project 2025 will be able to be implimented. As the extremist rot in the GOP will not end with tRump, and Republicans being willing to play the long game (see "Mitch McConnell"), I figure the country has, at most, about a decade before the Republic falls into dictatorship. As the old saying goes, "Dictatorship delayed is not dictatorship denied."
I'd be happy to hear any and all counterarguments.
My concern is this: so lets say that Harris / Walz win the election, and even that they win again in 2028. As Americans usually do, after two cycles of the same party in power, they seem to invariably tire of "the same old thing" and bring the other side to power, as has happened many times.
Insightful. A great read about a terrifying topic.
Excellent. Thank you, Professor.
Everything in this article is true and relevant. The one thing that is happening but not given adequate attention here is the grassroots groundswell against project 2025. This takes courageous individuals willing to speak out, especially in red states. But most of the elite media seems oblivious to, or worse complicit with, the authoritarians. If democracy fails here, it will cascade worldwide, and our media will bear a huge share of the guilt.
Trump says he would only be a dictator on Day 1. What he doesn't say is that every day that ends in "y" will be Day 1.
No dictator stops on Day 1, least of all Trump.
Or the Day 1 dictator will use his dictatorial power for a day to declare himself "Dictator For Life"
Excellent essay that really summarizes and analyses Project 2025, the people behind it and it's relationship to Trump. It is remarkable that the MSM is so reluctant to report on Trump's obvious decline which is clearly visible by watching any rally of his because they don't want to criticize him personally (we now have a new word "sane-washing"), but at least they are willing to investigate and criticize Project 2025 and the people behind it. Democrats have also been able to connect the Red state abortion bans to Project 2025 along with the more extreme proposals to ban contraception (including condoms), IVF, same sex marriage, and a whole host of other ideas that are not in the least popular with voters. And let's not forget JD Vance and his clearly anti-women views. Maybe it was hubris for these men to broadcast Project 2025 and to completely underestimate how women and younger voters would react to their plans but, it put an urgency to the right's extremism and that's important.
Your final section is particularly insightful. Well done!