How to kill democracy

OK, so if you want control of government and things don’t work out as planned (i.e. the 2020 elections when many Republican candidates won, but Trump didn’t), then declare elections are rigged! Never mind that most of your other candidates won. Instill fear! And outrage! And a sense of “they’re” elites and “we’re” the underdogs. Get mad and take up arms! It’s your right to rebel and break the law if your perception of reality does not match the reality of things.

To help with the endeavor, continue to enable free and easy access to guns of all types, coupled with a strong police state (just not the FBI). And for moral certitude, blur or downright ignore the separation of church and state. Do not tolerate any diversion from the status quo of white male rule, and continue to demean or restrict women, minorities or those with divergent views on racism, equality or justice. And do this all by any means necessary, even if it threatens democracy by tearing down trust in our electoral process, using race bating or continually repeating falsehoods like Trump won the 2020 election or the Capital riot was a peaceable expression of politically divergent views.

Make hate the driving force behind your righteousness, and always play the martyr if you lose, or go back to being wronged and declaring some form of cheating until you get the outcome you’re after. This is how to defeat a democracy.

– Tim Thomas, Durango