The real - and far scarier - reason Republicans think Biden is illegitimate This article is more tha

[Swede]

Two month old article but still pertinent.


Many conservatives don’t think the 2020 election was stolen. But they believe democracy itself has betrayed America, by allowing the ‘wrong’ people to take charge


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/21/republicans-biden-trump-election-democracy?CMP=twt_b-usopinion_c-us

[bucolic_frolic]

1. And they call us "Elites" - haha

Projection skills of malignant narcissists know no boundaries.

[hlthe2b]

2. That perception is on steroids now, but not recent by any means.

[empedocles]

4. Good point. Such perceptions have long been a staple of politics

[RussBLib]

3. uh, yeah, talk about allowing the wrong people to take charge

Ever heard of the Trump family, GQP?

[BadGimp]

5. David Frum predicted this back in 2018

“… If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.”
― David Frum, Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic 2018

[Skittles]

7. nailed it

yup

[lees1975]

6. There is a strong belief among conservatives

that "we the people" are not all capable of ruling ourselves. The roots of the idea of a "ruling class" are ancient, but they've made it to the twenty first century.

[Martin68]

8. I regret to say, my parents supported Nixon in spite of Watergate because they thought Nixon

was just trying to keep "The ‘wrong’ people" from being in charge.

[lees1975]

9. It's a whole movement aimed at removing democratic government

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/06/christian-dominion-theology-intersects.html

And these people are already infiltrating the government.