The cheering of the assassination is also a symptom of our failed democracy. Even if Warren or Sanders were elected president they would have had a steep uphill battle. Their healthcare proposals would have had to withstand withering right-wing media disinformation, dark money from the insurance industry, the filibuster, the ultra conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and a US Supreme Court that is neck deep in neoliberal ideology and which has defenestrated stare decisis. This is not to say assassination is the way to go. People need to be more than low-information voters. I suspect we can anticipate more political violence because our broken democracy has left folks frustrated and angry. This is why we have Trump. But, he will disappoint as well, because he is a plutocrat disguised as a populist.
The cheering of the assassination is also a symptom of our failed democracy. Even if Warren or Sanders were elected president they would have had a steep uphill battle. Their healthcare proposals would have had to withstand withering right-wing media disinformation, dark money from the insurance industry, the filibuster, the ultra conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and a US Supreme Court that is neck deep in neoliberal ideology and which has defenestrated stare decisis. This is not to say assassination is the way to go. People need to be more than low-information voters. I suspect we can anticipate more political violence because our broken democracy has left folks frustrated and angry. This is why we have Trump. But, he will disappoint as well, because he is a plutocrat disguised as a populist.
You said it, brother.