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Originally Posted by stripersnipr
In this case Authoritarian Leadership is simply translated as single party control of Legislative and Executive branches of Government which is not unprecedented and a far cry from Dictatorship. I actually agree with Spence that this Government functions best with a balance between Executive and Legislative branches but depending on the specific balance can render both somewhat powerless.
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This goes beyond single party control...it's the efforts to limit the democratic process by the GOP that's at the heart of the issue.
Democracy requires compromise to function. With what the GOP control of Congress has done the past 10 years (earmarks, no amendment bills, K Street, emergency sessions, centralization of bill generation etc...) with what the Administration has done in the past 6 (unprecedented secrecy, abuse of signing statements, manipulative legal interpretations etc...) you have a system that's not just in the majority, but that's using this position to rig the entire system permanently.
The Democrats have certainly been guilty of excess and some fraud over the years, but nothing that holds a candle to what the current GOP leadership is doing.
Our democracy is broken.
-spence