The Death of American Democracy?

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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What happens when one party in the world’s most powerful democracy no longer believes in democracy? The Republican assault on America’s elections and democratic system has worsened critically since we examined it in Season One. Now bitterly divided and reeling from the Jan 6 attacks, the USA stands on the brink of another Trump presidency. Will it become a democracy in name only? Support Doomsday Watch on Patreon and get every episode a week early and ad-free, plus much more: www.doomsdaywatch.co.uk “Democracy is on life-support in the United States.” – Brian Klaas “We have a predictably conservative court, and it’s out of step with mainstream politics in the US.” – Jamal Greene “American fascism is nothing new, it just wasn’t in the White House before.” – Sarah Churchwell “Neoliberalism is over. There’s a realisation now in the West that we can’t rely on Russia and China for our goods and not pay a political price for it.” – Arthur Snell “Political polarisation and hatred for the other side has reached such a point that one of the parties is willing to countenance the erosion of democracy.” – Idrees Kahloon Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Original music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com . Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Doomsday Watch is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Music
0:22.0	Trumpism, either a second Trump administration, in which it's Donald Trump, without restraint,
0:29.0	right?
0:33.0	Or we would have some days like Decentis, who people describe as the smarter from, right?
0:39.0	He's more disciplined, he's more calculated, he's more strategic in the way he does this much less impulsive.
0:44.0	I think the scale of the danger is really hard to fathom.
0:50.0	They're openly talking about how they will overturn election results,
0:54.0	about how they will delegitimize them, about installing puppets into state governments.
1:01.0	They are talking about embedding this vision of white patriarchal Christian nationalism,
1:07.0	in the schools, in our politics.
1:12.0	It's deeply authoritarian, and they're saying that only one side can hit.
1:20.0	This is what American fascism looks like.
1:25.0	It's like taking Normandy beach, but our mission is to get to Merlin.
1:30.0	This is the beginning.
1:35.0	This is nothing less than an epic struggle for the future of this country between dark and light.
1:45.0	I'm Arthur Snow, I was a diplomat in some of the most troubled places on planet Earth,
1:50.0	and now I'm here to investigate the threats of today and warn you about the dangers of tomorrow.
1:57.0	This is Doomsday Watch.
2:02.0	The likes of which nobody has ever seen.
2:14.0	Last year, we spoke about the nightmareish nearness of the Republican insurrection on the 6th of January.
2:24.0	A violent attempt to prevent democracy from taking its course.
2:29.0	But it turns out this wasn't a moment of madness or an aberration. It was emblematic.
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