One Article Review
| Source |  Errata Security |
|---|---|
| Identifiant | 1996112 |
| Date de publication | 2020-10-25 21:05:55 (vue: 2020-10-26 01:13:07) |
| Titre | Why Biden: Principle over Party |
| Texte | There exist many #NeverTrump Republicans who agree that while Trump would best achieve their Party's policies, that he must nonetheless be opposed on Principle. The Principle at question isn't that Trump is a liar, a misogynist, a racist, or of low character (though all these are true). Instead, the Principle is that he's a populist autocrat who is eroding our liberal institutions ("liberal" as in the classic sense).Countries don't fail when there's a leftward shift in government policies. Many prosperous, peaceful European countries are to the left of Biden. What makes prosperous countries fail is when civic institutions break down, when a party or dear leader starts ruling by decree, such as in the European countries of Russia or Hungary.Our system of government is like football. While the teams (parties) compete vigorously against each other, they largely respect the rules of the game, both written and unwritten traditions. They respect each other -- while doing their best to win (according to the rules), they nonetheless shake hands at the end of the match, and agree that their opponents are legitimate.The rules of the sport we are playing is described in the Wikipedia page on "liberal democracy".Sport matches can be enjoyable even if you don't understand the rules. The same is true of liberal democracy: there's little civic education in the country so most don't know the rules game. Most are unaware even that there are rules.You see that in action with this concern over Trump conceding the election, his unwillingness to commit to a "peaceful transfer of power". His supporters widely believed this is a made-up controversy, a "principle" created on the spot as just another way to criticize Trump.But it's not a new principle. A "peaceful transfer of power" is the #1 bedrock principles from which everything else derives. It's the first way we measure whether a country is actually the "liberal democracy" that they claim. For example, the fact that Putin has been in power for 20 years makes us doubt that they are really the "liberal democracy" that they claim. The reason you haven't heard of it, the reason it isn't discussed much, is that it's so unthinkable that a politician would reject it the way Trump has.The historic importance of this principle can be seen when you go back and read the concession speeches of Hillary, McCain, Gore, and Bush Sr., and Carter, you see that all of them stressed the legitimacy of their opponent's win, and a commitment to a peaceful transfer of power. (It goes back further than that, to the founding of our country, but I can't link every speech). The following quote from Hillary's concession to Trump demonstrates this principle:But I still believe in America and I always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power and we don't just respect that, we cherish it. It also enshrines other things; the rule of law, the principle that we are all equal in rights and dignity, freedom of worship and expression. We respect and cherish these values too and we must defend them.If this were Trump's only failure, then we could excuse it and work around it. As long as he defended all |
| Envoyé | Oui |
| Condensat | #nevertrump gore mccain aberration abuses accept according achieve act action actually against agree all also always america and bush and carter another are around attacking autocrat away back bad barr barrett bedrock been behavior believe believed best biden biden: blame blogpost both break breakdown but can chance character check cherish children civic claim classic comes commit commitment communicate compete complete conceding concern concession confirm constitutional continual controversy convince corrupted corrupting could countries country court created criticize cross crossing dear decades decree defend defended defense democracy democracy: democratic democrats demonstrates derives described destruction dignity discussed doing doj don donald doubt down each eagerness easy education egregious election else end enjoyable enshrines enumeration equal eroding erosion european even every everything evidence example excuse exist expression fact fail failure feed feel fellow first following football forth founding four freedom from full further future game garland get gets goes going government hands has have haven heard hillary him his historic historically hold house however hungary importance instead institution institutions intend interests isn jeff just justified keeping know largely last law lead leader left leftists leftward legitimacy legitimate less liar liberal like likewise line link little long look low made makes many match matches mean means measure mind misogynist more most much must nations new non nonetheless not notoriously nuclear of hillary one only open opponent opponents oppose opposed opposing option order other over owe own pack page pages parties party peaceful playing policies political politician politicization politicize populist post power power and precedent president principle principle:but principles problem prosperous prove purpose put putin putting question quote racist read real reality really reason refusal refused reject replaced republican republicans respect result rights rule rules ruling russia same school see seen sense serve sessions sets several shake shift should somebody speech speeches sport spot stand starts stop stopping strength stressed successor such supporters suppose supreme system take taught teams than the peaceful them then there these things; those though time too traditions train transfer true trump try trying twitter unaware understand unthinkable unwillingness unwritten use usurpations values vigorously vote want way well what when whether which who why widely wikipedia will win work worship would written years yet |
| Tags | Guideline |
| Stories | |
| Notes | |
| Move | 
|
L'article ne semble pas avoir été repris aprés sa publication.
L'article ne semble pas avoir été repris sur un précédent.