One might interpret the Washington Post news as consistent with my ongoing claim that our legacy institutions, once thought to be the bulwark of civil society, will not save our democracy. They are simply too vulnerable to the extortion leveled by the ruling regime.
Which of course leads one to ask “well if not them, then who?”
mmm-hmm.
I actually have a vague answer to this: yes, the collective "me" but also the organizations whose purpose is more explicitly to defend our democracy, including recently set up organizations on the local level.
Feb 4, 2026 16:17
