Civil Discourse

[12yearplan]

Indeed,
today’s destructive dynamics express a tension that has been evident within democracy since
before democracy was born.For as long as the idea of popular rule has existed, thoughtful
observers and statesmen—both those who supported democracy and those who opposed it—have
asked the fundamental question: What happens when an economic system that concentrates
wealth in the hands of the few co-exists with a political system that gives the ballot to the many?..

Social scientists studying struggles to establish democracy across the globe have fixated
on the same question. They have long seen extreme inequality as something of a triple threat to
democracy. It empowers economic elites. It cleaves their interests from those of less fortunate
citizens. And, as a result, it encourages them to view democracy as a mortal danger to their
privileges of status, power and property...

 In finding grounds for successful political contestation, can conservatives create a politics that is 
multi-faceted and relatively stable? Or do they create one that is increasingly extreme and 
dangerous? The risks are evident.The greater the degree of inequality, the greater the need for
conservatives to make strong appeals to alternative motivations. If inequality is growing over
time, it will likely be necessary to amplify the nature of those appeals...

[.. call everything fake news, including election results, create boogeymen, faut patriotism, delicate/precious/widdle Capitalism under threat, lol.., etc, - the ole' razzle dazzle ]
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hacker_Pierson_APSA_2019.pdf

Complete unmitigated Bullshit.