# The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210 "2024-10-25T17:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210/73 "2024-10-25T23:30:59Z")

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> [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](#):
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> I vacillate myself on whether I really think this is the case. Sometimes I think Trump is a real threat to our fundamental democratic structures, and then other parts of me admonish myself for thinking that, and I try to remind myself that this is a resilient country, having been through a civil war, an almost complete meltdown of our economic system, world wars, and threats of nuclear annihilation, and that our country will weather these times as we have weathered everything else.

Read about [Project 2025](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do).

Also, see what Trump has said just today (or yesterday):

> [@Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/720):
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> Trump’s latest policy proposals; Exile for people who investigate him! Jail time for criticizing the Supreme Court! Not voting for him = treason!

> Trump says he wants total unchecked power to deport Jack Smith for investigating him: “Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged and he should be thrown out of the country”
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> Trump says Americans who criticize the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade should be imprisoned: “These people should be put in jail for the way they talk about our judges and justices”
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> Trump says Americans who don’t support him are “enemies” and are “more dangerous” than Russia and North Korea

I believe our major newspapers have an obligation to comment on that.

_“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time”_ ~ Maya Angelou

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