Authoritarianism

Political Democracy v Economic Authoritarianism: Checks and Balances

In our Constitution, our democratic political system includes a division of responsibilities to enable a means of checks and balances. Each of the three branches of government is responsible for keeping the others in proper bounds.

In Capitalism, this authoritarian economic system has a division of power that despises checks and balances. And the oligarchs are working hard to grow their power to include a veto over the checks and balances of our political system through a Constitutional Convention.

Our authoritarian economic system needs democratization so we can save our democratic political system for the long-term.

Andy Hailey

Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, kid of a WWII WASP, Vet for Peace, universist, web admin, blogger - helping to expose America’s growing Authoritarianism. BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/the-wawg-blog.org

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