Essay:Authoritarian Nightmares in America

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As the polling goes for elections, I am a bit nervous about the current state of US democracy and the odds of it falling towards the Not Free ranking and turning into an authoritarian regime. Some of the nightmare scenarios I am bringing up may vary in probability, but are all concerning all the same. Humility and empathy is clearly lacking from many folks that are at the top, and the Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism) is a common trend in the terms of what these people in these scenarios are up to.

This is just my opinion, and feedback on the talk page is welcome. Let this be a warning to society, and not a guide for wannabes.

Nightmare Scenario 1: 2029: One Party Snowball[edit]

In this nightmare scenario, the GOP and their right-wing allies manage to win in 2024 with Trump and successfully instituted Project 2025 with shocking efficiency. Using GOP majorities they have at the time, all the courts are packed to the brim with GOP yes-men with all resistance kicked out of office by right-wing judicial decisions rubber-stamped by the GOP, Even SCOTUS, already packed 6-3, inches to 9-0 while rubber-stamping the GOP agenda. And with their skewed judicial force and the invocation of federal supremacy, Congress is left powerless to fight back against the biased judicial rulings and eventually voting for the 2026 midterms and every state election is all but rigged to favor GOP yes-men and disadvantaging the Democrats and any RINOs, leading to supermajorities in Congress with over 90% of each chamber packed with yes-men. And with near-total one-party control of all three branches at the federal level, they pass a series of amendments to the Constitution rubber-stamp that solidifies GOP rule, repeal term limits, bans all other political parties but themselves, integrates church and state, silence all media except for their mouthpieces, and reroutes the military to serve the party rather than the Constitution. Trump is left as president for life, the Constitution is bastardized beyond repair, and opposition is swiftly repressed.

Nightmare Scenario 2[edit]

Coming soon