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Déjà vu. That seems to be the handy way it works with this particular former president. When he wins - justice prevails. When he loses - the system is rigged. Heads - I win. Tails - you lose. It will be interesting to watch the sentencing and appeals processes. I doubt the verdict affects the elect...

Déjà vu. That seems to be the handy way it works with this particular former president. When he wins - justice prevails. When he loses - the system is rigged. Heads - I win. Tails - you lose. It will be interesting to watch the sentencing and appeals processes. I doubt the verdict affects the elect...

The press has already pivoted to the question of whether this will affect the election and seems to be concluding that no, it won't. Which I think is a sad commentary of where we are at today. Yes, it's quite sad that where we are today is that we have essentially political trials conducted for pol...

So far, the only nuclear weapons deployed in war or against civilians was the United States during the height of institutionalism. That’s an argument against, not for, institutionalism. Autocratic regimes, on the other hand, have mysteriously never actually made good on any nuclear threats. I strug...

Overall, institutions are probably more evil than authoritarians - an authoritarian you can get rid of, but dismantling corrupt institutions is really, really hard. An authoritarian has a hard time making a case for why he should be the big cheese. Yet institutions pretty much take for granted they...

https://gazette.com/news/wex/man-pulls-gun-on-pastor-giving-a-sermon-at-church/article_e89eaec0-6806-5079-a8d3-1049834b5006.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-next As a non-resistant person, I would have no qualms about helping to wrestle down a man like this. Any of you other non-r...

So... if pointing out the depravity of Donald Trump simply convinces people to support Biden instead, then in a spiritual sense what really has been gained? However, if the pastor's message brings conservative Christians to their senses regarding the false hope and misplaced allegiance they have pl...

Some here believe this retired pastor is too partisan... but I'm going to keep linking him because he addresses, through the lens of Jesus and the Bible, the issues that keep coming up on this forum. This recent video very much relates to this question of autocrat vs institutionalist... Here he's c...

By the way, I'm pretty sure the Autocrat/Institutionalist dichotomy is not playing a major role in the selection process of the electorate. Maybe I'm being a bit cynical, but it seems like the motivation for the average voter is more short-term in nature. More often than not people are voting for th...

I chose other. I think what is needed is less autocracy and less institutionalism. A more decentralized approach to government that returns decision making towards more local forms of government. Perhaps this is a different form of institutionalism. This makes sense. Both Autocrats and Institutiona...