{"id":76347,"date":"2021-01-12T10:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T05:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=76347"},"modified":"2021-01-12T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T06:18:34","slug":"what-are-the-issues-in-ailing-american-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-the-issues-in-ailing-american-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the issues in ailing American democracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0The rioting by the Donald Trump supporters in the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">US Capitol<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0seeking to stall President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s certification by Congress personifies the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">decaying Democracy in America<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Background<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recently, a violent mob (loyal to President Donald Trump) in an attempt to overturn America\u2019s Presidential election stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This act of violence indicates that\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">American democracy is critically ill<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What are the reasons to perceive that American democracy is under threat?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the author, American democracy suffers from five disorders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Firstly,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">the major headache of what the American democracy is witnessing is the breakdown in the culture of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">bipartisanship<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(opposing political parties find common ground through compromise) that was so intrinsic to American politics and kept the system working.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bipartisanship\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">in America has been replaced by\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ideological chauvinism<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0built on a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">psychology of hate<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that sees competitors as the enemy within. This mindset particularly is incapable of compromise, consensus and difficult to cure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Second,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">rise of the plebiscitary leader<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0which is similar to\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Max Weber\u2019s concept of charismatic personality<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0has created a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">partisan constituency<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Plebiscitary leader speaks to his followers, directly, bypassing institutions, that are supposed to limit his powers.\u00a0 It is like every person voting on every policy-matter.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For example, the ideologies built by Mr. Trump such as \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">make America great again<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cdrain the swamp<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d, \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">lock her up<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d, \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">stop the steal<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d has exaggerated the feeling of grievance and have created a partisan constituency.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In this type of politics, institutions\u00a0becomes\u00a0weaker and locus of power shifts to\u00a0the\u00a0 political\u00a0leader.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Third,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">weakening of America\u2019s democratic institutions<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0by disrupting its checks and balances by Mr. Trump. For instance,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bureaucrats who have opposed his views, have been replaced immediately and media too was supressed by dubbing their reports as\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fake news<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0when they highlighted about his transgressions<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Institutions are the life and soul of a democracy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0as they check the excesses of power, socialise elected representatives into democratic politics, embody the rules and conventions to maintain balance between private and public interests. Any nation that subverts its institutions, do not thrive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fourth,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is the evolution of the political formula\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">of neo-liberalism<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that has been used by capitalist elites to not just accumulate wealth but to make the non-elite feel that such accumulation is in the public interest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">These Political formulas\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">gives legitimacy to elite rule<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and American democracy today has become the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">textbook example<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of the political formula of neo-liberalism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fifth,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">increasing inequality in American society, which provided lifeblood to all of the above problems.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0With the help of charismatic leadership of Trump and use of vigilante<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0politics<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the government was successful from diverting the citizens from the real issue of rising inequality in American society.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">vigilante politics:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0an organized effort outside legitimate channels to suppress or eradicate any threats to the status quo<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">American democracy will need to\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">self-examine<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0itself and need to fix the loop holes that allowed a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">narcissistic leader<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, with\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">plebiscitary power<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to expose the fragility of its institutions. It needs to reform itself to set a precedent to other nations such that this model of politics,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">the politics of hate<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> will not be entertained in any other country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong> Read Also :<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/current-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily current affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis:\u00a0The rioting by the Donald Trump supporters in the\u00a0US Capitol\u00a0seeking to stall President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s certification by Congress personifies the\u00a0decaying Democracy in America.\u00a0 Background\u00a0 Recently, a violent mob (loyal to President Donald Trump) in an attempt to overturn America\u2019s Presidential election stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.\u00a0 This act of violence indicates&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-the-issues-in-ailing-american-democracy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are the issues in ailing American democracy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":76351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1333],"class_list":["post-76347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-are-the-issues-in-ailing-American-democracy.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704837146},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}