Alarm sounded that America's 'political destabilization' is accelerating at a horrifying pace

[justaprogressive]

In his 2022 book "The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future," Canadian journalist/author Stephen Marche argued that the U.S. was on its way to becoming a far-right dictatorship. And his view of the United States' political environment hasn't grown any more optimistic since then.

Marche, in an op-ed published by The Guardian on June 16, points to the weekend of June 14-15 as a troubling demonstration of the "political violence" that is accelerating in the U.S. And he views President Donald Trump's military/birthday parade as an example of threatening imagery.

"Do not confuse Trump's debased parade with a joke or an innocent piece of entertainment," Marche warns. "The Trump parade took place in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state representative. While it was underway, security forces were firing teargas on protesters in Los Angeles. Violence is coming to define American political life — spectacular violence, including the parade and real violence like the assassination of Hortman."

Marche continues, "Political destabilization is arriving far too quickly to be perceived in its entirety. So much is happening so fast that it’s impossible to keep track of the decline. Increasingly, the question is becoming: when are we going to start calling this what it is?"

According to Marche, "American political life" is "moving away from discourse altogether."

https://www.alternet.org/marche-trump-violence/

[Lovie777]

1. Well giving doctors at the VA the ok.................

to refuse medical attention to Democrats and the unmarried. Taking governor's power re: National Guards and bringing in the Marines to California, and sending ICE to large blue cities.

It's time to impeach.

[Clouds Passing]

2. It's time to imprison