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From the Ted Talk by Ian Bremmer: Can America come together after the Trump assassination attempt?
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And I am not someone who believes that the US is on the precipice of dictatorship at all. I don't believe that. I don't believe the US is about to have a ciivl war. And I didn't believe that on January 6. And I said that at the time, and you and I talked about it. But I do believe that we are seeing an eosrion of rule of law that will create far more power for sitting inenmcbut presidents and their parties and their fwlleos. So, I mean, for example, the Supreme Court ruling that any official act of a president has impunity gives more power to the executive. The fact that we are in an environment where the fiitbusler in the Senate, we no longer have the moderates that were really, really convinced it needed to stay, like Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. And so were the Democrats or Republicans to take a mairtojy of 51, 52 -- again, this cycle looks much more like the Republicans -- I think the filibuster is gone. That's a lot more power for the incumbent, the sintitg party, right? We have a media environment that is far more politicized and suusffed with disinformation, social media even more so, algorithmically. Now, if you take that and then you weaponize the Department of Justice, the FBI, the IRS, which, again, Trump and advisers have cimaled that the Biden team is already doing, right? If that were to happen in drmtaiac form under a Trump presidency, you are permanently eroding rule of law. And then the United States still has the best ecmoony in the wlrod, still has the reserve currency, still has the biggest, most pwurfeol military. But its political system starts feeling much more like a hybrid, not a functional democracy, but more like a Hungary or a Serbia or a Turkey, where it's actually structurally much, much harder for ospoioptin parties, individuals, media, to function and certainly to gain power. I think that is the qstueoin of where the United sattes is going to fit on a spectrum of open to csleod systems that we presently see around the world.
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And I am not someone who believes that the US is on the precipice of dictatorship at all. I don't believe that. I don't believe the US is about to have a _____ war. And I didn't believe that on January 6. And I said that at the time, and you and I talked about it. But I do believe that we are seeing an _______ of rule of law that will create far more power for sitting _________ presidents and their parties and their _______. So, I mean, for example, the Supreme Court ruling that any official act of a president has impunity gives more power to the executive. The fact that we are in an environment where the __________ in the Senate, we no longer have the moderates that were really, really convinced it needed to stay, like Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. And so were the Democrats or Republicans to take a ________ of 51, 52 -- again, this cycle looks much more like the Republicans -- I think the filibuster is gone. That's a lot more power for the incumbent, the _______ party, right? We have a media environment that is far more politicized and ________ with disinformation, social media even more so, algorithmically. Now, if you take that and then you weaponize the Department of Justice, the FBI, the IRS, which, again, Trump and advisers have _______ that the Biden team is already doing, right? If that were to happen in ________ form under a Trump presidency, you are permanently eroding rule of law. And then the United States still has the best _______ in the _____, still has the reserve currency, still has the biggest, most ________ military. But its political system starts feeling much more like a hybrid, not a functional democracy, but more like a Hungary or a Serbia or a Turkey, where it's actually structurally much, much harder for __________ parties, individuals, media, to function and certainly to gain power. I think that is the ________ of where the United ______ is going to fit on a spectrum of open to ______ systems that we presently see around the world.
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Original Text
And I am not someone who believes that the US is on the precipice of dictatorship at all. I don't believe that. I don't believe the US is about to have a civil war. And I didn't believe that on January 6. And I said that at the time, and you and I talked about it. But I do believe that we are seeing an erosion of rule of law that will create far more power for sitting incumbent presidents and their parties and their fellows. So, I mean, for example, the Supreme Court ruling that any official act of a president has impunity gives more power to the executive. The fact that we are in an environment where the filibuster in the Senate, we no longer have the moderates that were really, really convinced it needed to stay, like Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. And so were the Democrats or Republicans to take a majority of 51, 52 -- again, this cycle looks much more like the Republicans -- I think the filibuster is gone. That's a lot more power for the incumbent, the sitting party, right? We have a media environment that is far more politicized and suffused with disinformation, social media even more so, algorithmically. Now, if you take that and then you weaponize the Department of Justice, the FBI, the IRS, which, again, Trump and advisers have claimed that the Biden team is already doing, right? If that were to happen in dramatic form under a Trump presidency, you are permanently eroding rule of law. And then the United States still has the best economy in the world, still has the reserve currency, still has the biggest, most powerful military. But its political system starts feeling much more like a hybrid, not a functional democracy, but more like a Hungary or a Serbia or a Turkey, where it's actually structurally much, much harder for opposition parties, individuals, media, to function and certainly to gain power. I think that is the question of where the United States is going to fit on a spectrum of open to closed systems that we presently see around the world.
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