“But over time, the executive branch grew exceedingly powerful. Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander in chief role and removed constraints on its power. By the second half of the 20th century, the republic was routinely fighting wars without its legislative branch, Congress, declaring war, as the Constitution required. With Congress often paralyzed by political conflict, presidents increasingly governed by edicts.”
2024 when fascists won a fair and free election. Our democracy was never perfect, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a democracy.
Insisting America wasn’t a democracy isn’t clever analysis. It’s factually wrong and it’s not even an effective narrative to fight fascists.