While our Democratic friends congratulate each other every hour on the hour about the wonders of presidential candidate Kamala Harris we might as well take a break from developing our critical theory of the ongoing undemocratic process of Defending Democracy unfolding before us.
So never mind lecturing our Democratic friends on the difference between a democracy and a republic. Mark Lewis goes into details about how President Biden is talking bologna when he says that “Democracy is the essence of who we are.” But who cares?
“Democracy” and “Republic” are just magic words that political hypnotists use to put the voters into a trance. The words mean nothing. And the names of the political parties in America -- Federalist, Democratic-Republican, Democratic, Whig, Republican, Progressive -- mean nothing. Although the Bull Moose Party might be a bit different. All these words are part of serving voters with the Current Narrative, the Glorious History, the Founding Myth. And we usually fall for it, just as our Democratic friends are all in a swoon right now about Kamala Harris.
At some point, when the current Age of the Educated Class stumbles into ideological stupor, philosophers and ideologists will construct a Narrative of Decline. I dare say it will parallel the Narrative........