Marisa Kabas: i feel like “democracy dies in darkness” is no longer accurate because it’s dying in broad daylight

i feel like “democracy dies in darkness” is no longer accurate because it’s dying in broad daylight

BRB, changing my newspaper’s motto to “Democracy Dies In 10… 9… 8…”

RIP democracy. you tried.

"it dies in darkness, but it dies in daylight, too"

Sadly it's going to play out exactly how it did in the Star Wars prequels it gives me no pleasure to admit George Lucas was right

Jar Jar Binks will become a congressman

not quite it's been fake shit the whole time faith in jim crow is weaker now than ever before it was never a democracy but they can't hide it as well with our golden age of instant information their best bet is oversaturation and burning people out

Even the bad guys are just as easy to recognize. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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it’s more of a mission statement

Yep!

Trump didn't invent our cancers of racism, bigotry, predatory religion, or violent nationalism.He just normalized them.He showed gracious hospitality to the darkness residing in the recesses of human hearts.Then, he simply let people reveal themselves.

In the immortal words of Art Spander "The beauty of democracy is that it gives everyone a chance to do something stupid."

Maybe they should just stick a "LOL" at the end.

That's what I've been doing, seems to help the medicine go down tbh lol

Some folks are fighting to make sure it doesn't....others are actung like its already over

It’s not over till the Orange Man is taken away in a straitjacket.

He will eventually over flow his diaper at an event.

😂🫣

It does when regular people close their eyes and hope for the best

It dies at the ballot box when we vote in tyrants.

I made this way back when the WaPo adopted the motto:

Yeah. I think we were all far too comfortable in the assumption that if more people knew about anti-democratic efforts, they'd object. Turns out, a lot of people want autocracy bc they *hate* poor people, workers, women, people of colour, queer people, disabled people, abd immigrants.

I ran into a younger “kid” mid 20s, working at subway. He said he likes that Kennedy guy! So I don’t think the general population understands anything. To us, it’s right out in the open. But my guess is, only a small percent “get it”.

It's like you already know what podcast he listens to.

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Save #democracy now - or die trying

Remembrance Day for Democracy once had. Humanity want to pray Trump doesn’t become President again.

You had a good go at it..thanks for your input

wanna see some wild shit one time wapo ran a self quiz to test how "afflicted by conspiracy theories" one is what they were asking you to determine as truth against what they deem false was uhh interesting

Some say it was never too alive at the federal level anyways

It’s been gunned down in the middle of Manhattan (in broad daylight, as you noted) and he’s getting away with it like he said…

Might be accurate to say democracy has shit itself.

Democracy dies. That's it.

Well, it was never "democracy *only* dies in darkness", was it? There's plenty of ways democracy can die; darkness still is one even if it's not how *our* democracy is currently dying.

Fortunately that means that I don't have to keep paying for the Washington Post. also Democracy ^ dies in the darkness.

It's been dead for years

*Nods while screaming into the void*

That's why they changed it to "Democracy Skys in Blueness"

In fairness, they never specified it dies *exclusively* in darkness!

Democracy is being murdered in broad daylight; by the very people who scream the most about the least of things.

Yes, I feel the same way.

Or killing in plain sight And afterwards the power-guys will look for someone to complain to about consumers not fuelling the economy as if they were living entities with disposable income to spend after having paid in full and affordably for basic needs (including health, insurance and lawyers)

I mean it;s a slogan for a shitty newspaper, it was never accurate

Free-market capitalism is how democracy, society and the State are completely bypassed and subverted, allowing the rich elite to rule in secret, behind closed doors, and with no accountability to the people.

I thought it was a headline, not a motto.

Oh sister it’s a terrible capitalist zombie gone rampant

oh it's dead, it died in the 90s, it's done and dusted.

Democracy hasn’t died yet but the GOP is strangling the life out of it while Trump dissolves into a quivering lump of lunacy before our eyes.

Our country is an oligarchy. We are under the rule of what corporations want. Has nothing to do with Trump. Both the Dems and Repubs are bought and paid for. Doesn't matter who you vote for, you are voting in a figure head for whoever paid them.

Even if this is 100% true, it’s not a good enough reason to throw up our hands in surrender & let the worst of the worst elect a madman that has already tried to overthrow the government & wants to take us into fascism and/or dictatorship.