As American democracy hurtles toward what could be its final crisis, we continue to hope that someone will ultimately rise up to save us, that somehow our institutions will protect us, that people in positions of authority will finally do the right thing. This faith in the resilience of democracy is endearing, but unfortunately all it has done these past four years is blind and paralyze us. Believing that the only problem was President Trump and his authoritarian inclinations, we have looked to those around him — in the White House, in the Justice Department, in Congress and in the courts — to control and contain him, presumably out of some innate love of democracy.
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Robert Kagan: It’s up to the people to foil Trump’s plot against democracy
U.S. President Donald Trump turns to gesture toward the White House while delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.
