Thomas Veil
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A very sobering piece at CNN this morning.
Opinion: Even Canadians fear US democracy could end soon
The scariest part is here:
I don’t think any of us are accustomed to hearing the word “collapse” used in terms of our country, but I think it’s appropriate. The idea that the United States might join Russia and China as one of the world’s three biggest dictatorships is alarming.
As the article points out, there would be numerous problems that other countries would have to be concerned with. For example, if political refugees seek harbor in Canada and the US demands them back, does Canada comply?
Beyond recognizing the danger, I wonder what any of you think other countries might do if a right wing takeover should come to pass. Economic sanctions on the United States might just be the start of things that we might see. It’s not beyond realm of the possibility that Canada and the European democracies might form some sort of a military/economic alliance that excludes the United States. If you want to take this even further, Canada may justifiably view themselves as the new largest democracy in the world, and begin to entice businesses to develop there, instead of here.
I don’t even want to begin to entertain the idea that other nations might actually start to arm themselves against us.
A decade ago, any of these ideas might’ve sounded pretty far out, but now they cannot be as easily dismissed.
Opinion: Even Canadians fear US democracy could end soon
Even Canadians fear US democracy could end soon | CNN
From an author's book to a political scientist's warning, these are sobering reminders that if our democratic Republic ends it will have repercussions not just for our nation but the world, Dean Obeidallah writes.
www.cnn.com
The scariest part is here:
"By 2025, American democracy could collapse, causing extreme domestic political instability, including widespread civil violence," Homer-Dixon writes. "By 2030, if not sooner," he adds, "the country could be governed by a right-wing dictatorship."
I don’t think any of us are accustomed to hearing the word “collapse” used in terms of our country, but I think it’s appropriate. The idea that the United States might join Russia and China as one of the world’s three biggest dictatorships is alarming.
As the article points out, there would be numerous problems that other countries would have to be concerned with. For example, if political refugees seek harbor in Canada and the US demands them back, does Canada comply?
Beyond recognizing the danger, I wonder what any of you think other countries might do if a right wing takeover should come to pass. Economic sanctions on the United States might just be the start of things that we might see. It’s not beyond realm of the possibility that Canada and the European democracies might form some sort of a military/economic alliance that excludes the United States. If you want to take this even further, Canada may justifiably view themselves as the new largest democracy in the world, and begin to entice businesses to develop there, instead of here.
I don’t even want to begin to entertain the idea that other nations might actually start to arm themselves against us.
A decade ago, any of these ideas might’ve sounded pretty far out, but now they cannot be as easily dismissed.