This is from a long tweet about what is happening in the US in 2024. It is insightful, eloquent. Given the author’s young age, it is amazing. (See at bottom)
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Here lies American Democracy, not taken by storm but lulled to death by whispers of fear, division, and the sweet song of promised stability. /2
In this eulogy, we gather not to mourn the passing of a republic but to acknowledge the silent, insidious creep of fascism that enveloped it. /3
It began not with the bang of revolution but with the whisper of doubt, seeded through screens and speakers, a narrative that wove through society’s fabric like a dark thread. /4
The Billionaires’ Gambit: At first, the erosion was subtle. Wealth, always influential, became omnipotent. The gilded few, with their coffers overflowing, saw in democracy not a system of governance but a market to manipulate. /5
They bought not just politicians but policies, entire branches of government. Their money whispered in corridors of power, turning public servants into private pawns. Democracy, that once proud steed, was saddled with the weight of oligarchy, its path altered by unseen reins. /6
The Rise of the Demagogue: Into this fray stepped a figure, not born of the shadows but of the spotlight, Donald Trump. His was not a call to arms, but a siren’s song of fear, nationalism, and nostalgia for a past that never truly was. /7
He promised walls to keep out the ‘other’, and in doing so, built walls within, dividing a nation against itself. His allure was not in policy but in persona, a reality TV star turned statesman, where the spectacle overshadowed substance. /8
Project 2025: As the divide deepened, Project 2025 emerged, not as salvation but as a blueprint for subjugation. It was sold as a restoration, a return to greatness, but it was, in truth, a manual for authoritarianism. /9
It promised efficiency, a streamlined government where dissent was inefficiency & opposition labeled as disloyalty. Not about governance but control, stripping away checks & balances, the very sinews of democracy, under the guise of fixing a system they claimed was broken. /10
The Brainwashing: Here, in the information age, lies were not just spun; they were algorithmically perfected, targeting not just minds but souls. Domestic and foreign actors, united not by ideology but by interest, played the populace like a maestro conducts an orchestra. /11
Social media, once a marketplace of ideas, became a battleground of psyops. Truth became what was repeated, not what was researched. /12
The populace, fed a diet of misinformation, became not citizens but spectators, cheering for their own demise, believing in their chains as ornaments. /13
The Fall: And so, democracy fell not with a battle cry but a sigh, as the last free elections became a formality, a pageantry of choice without substance. /14
The constitution, once revered, was amended not by the people but for the preservation of power. The judiciary, the press, all pillars meant to uphold freedom, were co-opted or cowed into silence. /15
Today, we stand at the grave of what once was a beacon of liberty. We reflect not just on what was lost but how it was lost. In whispers, in the quiet acceptance of creeping tyranny, in the trade of freedom for the illusion of security. /16
Here lies American Democracy, betrayed not by foreign foes, but by the slow, steady erosion from within, under the watchful eyes of those who claimed to guard it. /17
May this eulogy serve not just as a remembrance, but as a warning, a whisper against the winds of time, hoping that somewhere, somehow, the seeds of true democracy might find fertile ground once more. /end
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URL for this page: https://medium.com/@jimsoper/eulogy-for-american-democracy-db8bd88ae623
Orignal tweet: https://x.com/5gw_hottakes/status/1849886896161513908?s=46&t=TtB9eiwlgeG32K-07Nig1g
Author: Grok. the AI tool of Twitter.
