CitizenVectron Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time | US news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM ‘Visible deterioration’ in US civil liberties began in at least 2019, says international thinktank Quote The US has been added to an annual list of "backsliding" democracies for the first time, the International IDEA thinktank has said, pointing to a "visible deterioration" it said began in 2019. Quote "This year we coded the United States as backsliding for the first time, but our data suggest that the backsliding episode began at least in 2019," it said in its report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I'm surprised that it didn't happen sooner. Like somewhere around 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm surprised that it didn't happen sooner. Like somewhere around 2000. I'd say December 12, 2000 From the time of the civil rights act until this date we were a democracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Republicans are accomplishing what Al Qaeda couldn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Republicans are accomplishing what Al Qaeda couldn't. Not surprising. Though they did help with our disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I told ya’ll if you elect Biden and let him cram down his socialist agenda this would happen. Less than a year later and the world acknowledges for the first time in our history that our democracy is slipping. Mandatory medical procedures, home imprisonment, and rampant election fraud. Welcome to Biden’s America. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, stepee said: I told ya’ll if you elect Biden and let him cram down his socialist agenda this would happen. Less than a year later and the world acknowledges for the first time in our history that our democracy is slipping. Mandatory medical procedures, home imprisonment, and rampant election fraud. Welcome to Biden’s America. I wish democrats were 1/4 as cool as republicans think they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 2016 forward seems surreal to me. America isn't really America anymore. We are fake. No one should take us seriously. I certainly don't, not when so many of our citizens don't believe in our election results. This is someone's fan fiction of an empire in decline, but it's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Just now, Massdriver said: 2016 forward seems surreal to me. America isn't really America anymore. We are fake. No one should take us seriously. I certainly don't, not when so many of our citizens don't believe in our election results. This is someone's fan fiction of an empire in decline, but it's happening. 2016 was merely the most expressive symptom of the rot that started in 2000. Hell, I'd say that rot even started far before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, Massdriver said: America isn't really America anymore. For a not-insignificant segment of our population, it never was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: 2016 was merely the most expressive symptom of the rot that started in 2000. Hell, I'd say that rot even started far before that. 2016 is going to be a vacation in Wonderland after we get through 2024. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 I don't think it would be far-off to say that people will die within the framework of the 2024 election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: 2016 was merely the most expressive symptom of the rot that started in 2000. Hell, I'd say that rot even started far before that. 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: For a not-insignificant segment of our population, it never was. For them, America stopped being fully America right around April of 1865, amirite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Nokra said: For them, America stopped being fully America right around April of 1865, amirite? Not for those people. I'm referring to the people who were "theoretically liberated" in April 1865, but actually weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Not for those people. I'm referring to the people who were "theoretically liberated" in April 1865, but actually weren't. Right, sorry, I think I was coming at this joke from the wrong side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 you can’t even sit in a damn park these days without getting ran over by a truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 We have to save this nation. For stepee's leg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The last time the world slept on the US we nuked another country, so… sleep tight, earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Don’t worry folks, these guys will unite the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: The last time the world slept on the US we nuked another country, so… sleep tight, earth. A fascist nuclear power would make the world interesting to say the least. (Prefer not to find out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Zaku3 said: A fascist nuclear power would make the world interesting to say the least. (Prefer not to find out) You've got one already in the PRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 or 3 days ago the official Biden account tweeted something like "The infrastructure bill proves that Democrats and Republicans can still work together!" Just absolutely asleep at the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 16 hours ago, Ricofoley said: 2 or 3 days ago the official Biden account tweeted something like "The infrastructure bill proves that Democrats and Republicans can still work together!" Just absolutely asleep at the switch. they're trying to make the win seem bigger than it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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