On this morning’s talk show, political discussion addressed the questions of the Republican Party policy of applying strong power in order to stay in office, and what is the percent of Trump supporters who are hard core followers – cultists. Will these dogmatic people remain loyal to Trump and to the Republican Party after the events at the Impeachment Trial?
Materials describing the growing trend toward authoritarianism[1] in America is well documented and reliable information can be found on the Internet.[2]
“There are some people [authoritarian followers] for whom the system of checks and balances are bothersome and annoying, and dislike the noise and chaos of democracy. . . . [Authoritarians] understand their role, which is to defend the leaders, however dishonest their statement, however great their corruption, and however disastrous their impact on ordinary people and institutions.”[[3]
Talmon hits the nail on the head when he writes that “Citizens of a totalitarian democratic state, even when aware of their true powerlessness, may support their government.”[4]
In “Part 1, The Cultural Dynamics of HOA-Land” of my HOA-Land Nation,[5] I present my analysis of the forces at work dominating the politics within the HOA private government.
Basically, the HOA legal structure and scheme is authoritarian in nature: strong central power, limited political freedoms, no accountability, and under the rule of man, not law. The authoritarian nature of HOA-Land is masked by a thorough indoctrination that presents a false picture of the real estate subdivision as democratic, inappropriately named a community, simply because the members are allowed to vote, as meaningless as it is.
Getting back to HOA-Land, it becomes disturbing that the application of authoritarianism and totalitarian democracy philosophy seems to fit quite well. Too well at that! [6]
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The same dynamics at work in HOA-Land[7] are well evident in Impeachment Trial II of Donald J. Trump[8] and reveal the new political forces at work in all of America. The trial brief stated, among other things,
The only honorable path at that point was for President Trump to accept the results and concede his electoral defeat. Instead, he summoned a mob to Washington, exhorted them into a frenzy, and aimed them like a loaded cannon down Pennsylvania Avenue. (p. 75).
By the day of the rally, President Trump had spent months using his bully pulpit to insist that the Joint Session of Congress was the final act of a vast plot to destroy America. As a result— and as had been widely reported—the crowd was armed, angry, and dangerous. (p.2).
President Trump has demonstrated beyond doubt that he will resort to any method to maintain or reassert his grip on power. A President who violently attacks the democratic process has no right to participate in it. Only after President Trump is held to account for his actions can the Nation move forward with unity of purpose and commitment to the Constitution. (p. 5).
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Today’s politicos are talking about a third party with Trump as its leader, mainly from Republicans. A Gallup survey[9] shows that there is no majority party in the US, counting Independents as a party: Republicans and Democrats are about 25% each and Independents now 50%. (In Nov. 2016 it was 27% Republicans, 30% Democrats and, 40% Independents).
It will be an interesting new US political scenery; what will happen who knows.
How many Republicans, government officials, and the general public supporters of Trump remain loyal after the events of the Day of Infamy, January 6, 2021? With Trump out of office, but able to run again, how much power will this authoritarian leader retain? It seems the Congress, the WH, and Americans in general need to examine their moral positions and ask themselves, Did I do right? Did I do the honorable thing for America?
Notes
[1] Authoritarianism: favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom..
[2] See in general: Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, Doubleday (2020); Amanda Taub, “The rise of American authoritarianism,” Vox (March 1, 2016); Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarians, 2007.
[3] Id., Applebaum.
[4] J. L. Talmon, The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy, Penguin Books (1986, first published 1952).
[5] George K. Staropoli, The HOA-Land Nation Within America, StarMan Press, 2019.
[6] George K. Staropoli, HOA political dynamics: totalitarian democracy (2019).
[7] HOA-Land is a collection of fragmented independent principalities within America, known in general as “HOAs,” that are separate local private governments not subject to the constitution, and that collectively constitute a nation within the United States. Latest estimate at this writing is that some 23% of Americans live in HOA-Land.
[8] Articles of Impeachment, H. RES. 24, (2021). See House_trial_brief; Trump answer; House answer response.
[9] Party Affiliation, Gallup (Feb. 15, 2021.
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