Open in app

Sign in

Write

Sign in

Mastodon

…ould still be running them — do have one thing going for them: a strong self-preservation instinct. This makes them tend to shun candidates who campaign as demagogues and megalomaniacs, and shun platform statements that slosh too extremely to one side or the other. Donald Trump wouldn’t have gotten within a million miles of the 2016 GOP nomination had these peopl…

Democracy is Ruined: What Now?
70
12

Thomas Mates

--

--

Barbara Andres
Barbara Andres

Written by Barbara Andres

8.7K Followers
1.5K Following

Muddling through, one story at a time. Grab a cup of tea, pull up a chair, and let’s get curious together. On Bluesky: @terriersrus.bsky.social

No responses yet

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Privacy

Terms

Text to speech

Teams