{"id":4952,"date":"2017-01-31T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2017-01-31T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T14:29:20","slug":"the-march-to-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2017\/01\/31\/the-march-to-tyranny\/","title":{"rendered":"The March to Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered how a democratic country can become a dictatorship, just look around you right now. The current &#8220;president&#8221; of the United States has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tried to ban immigration<\/li>\n<li>Arrested journalists for covering events unflattering to him<\/li>\n<li>Tried to silence the media<\/li>\n<li>Told people to ignore the media and only listen to him<\/li>\n<li>Fired people for daring to challenge him<\/li>\n<li>Uses his own private security force, loyal only to him personally<\/li>\n<li>Trying to concentrate power in a small group of people and bypass the legislative branch<\/li>\n<li>Removed military leaders from decision making about national security<\/li>\n<li>Describes people who disagree with him as having &#8220;betrayed&#8221; their country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are not the actions of a free and democratic society, they are the actions of a despot.<\/p>\n<p>We do not have a president anymore; we have a tyrant, and he deserves to be deposed as one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How quickly a country can fall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,2,17],"tags":[412,88,423,385,413,422,421],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","category-politics","category-society","tag-america","tag-constitution","tag-despotism","tag-politics","tag-president","tag-tyranny","tag-united-states","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-1hS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6329,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/03\/25\/the-worst-version-of-yes-i-can-no-you-cant\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":0},"title":"The worst version of &#8220;Yes I can \/ No you can&#8217;t&#8221;","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Nuh-uh! \/ Yeah huh!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/02\/11\/oathbreaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":1},"title":"Oathbreaker","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Talking about sworn oaths and the people who break them.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":901,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2007\/06\/20\/why-do-governments-and-corporations-become-evil\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":2},"title":"Why do Governments and Corporations become Evil?","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The corporate motto of Google, Inc. is \"Don't be Evil.\" While this might seem like playful banter from an amazingly successful company, it actually says something deep and meaningful about human society - namely, that organizations; be they corporations, religious groups, or governments; over time become \"evil.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6421,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/07\/04\/rip-usa\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":3},"title":"RIP USA","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"RIP, United States of America: In Congress, July 4, 1776 - July 4, 2025.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":668,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/10\/26\/668\/","url_meta":{"origin":4952,"position":4},"title":"Anonymity and the Constitution","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 26, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. 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