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 The Columbus Dispatch: You're not imaging it. 250th years after its birth, America is murdering itself
04/20/26 01:50 PM
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The coming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence could be a bittersweet celebration.
Ideally, the world’s oldest democracy should be celebrated as a triumph of principles, ideals and checks and balances that enabled our government and citizens to adapt to changing times.
More likely, though, is that the president will politicize what should be a transcendent event to glorify himself as the one who “made America great again” while continuing to demonize whoever is on his “hate list” at the time.
Will our democracy self-destruct?
About 38 years into our nationhood, John Adams noted in a letter that "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy yet, that did not commit suicide."
When democracies self-destruct, he said, mob behavior emerges and people seek autocratic rulers in the absence of checks and balances and a system of laws designed to protect rights and prevent unchecked power.
Sound familiar?
We’re now nearly five Trump Term years along, and his mob boss governing style and relentless efforts to undercut the integrity of our government through power grabs and intimidation tactics.
Firing of watchdogs in governmental organizations, flooding the zone with lies and grossly distorted policies at the expense of truth and justice, and promoting voter suppression efforts designed to rig election systems have weakened our republic tremendously.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/01/20/250th-birthday-america-trump-ice-democracy/88034075007/
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