The rise of American authoritarianism

A very interesting read.

SGT Kyle Johnson Really an interesting thesis which purports a sensible reason for Trump's acceptance and attraction to voters. Sounds good to me!

"One of the things that I will be emphasizing in this meeting is the fact that we are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we are providing Americans the kind of help that they need," he said. "I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone."

The pen, he said, can be used to sign executive orders, while the phone means calls to non-profit, universities, and private sector organizations that will rally towards a “unifying theme” of economic mobility and fairness.

It turns out many of those memos and phone calls have been threats to withdraw funding or let loose the Justice Dept with an orde of AAAAAAAAATTAAAAAAAAAACK.

All this comes from a supposed Constitutional scholar:

__ “We still suffer from not having a Constitution that guarantees its citizens economic rights.” Obama means government protection against individual economic failures, such as low incomes, unemployment, poverty, lack of health care, and the like.
__Obama characterizes the Constitution as “a charter of negative liberties,” which “says what the states can’t do to you (and) what the Federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf.”
__Obama regrets that the Constitution places “essential constraints” on the government’s ability to provide positive economic rights and that “we have not broken free” of these Constitutional impediments.
__Obama views the absence of positive economic liberties that the government must supply as a flaw in the Constitution that must be corrected as part of a liberal political agenda.

A benevolent authoritarian is an authoritarian who thinks you too damn stupid to take care of yourself.