Democracy Is Not A Crapshoot

Democracy Is Not A Crapshoot!

By Rick Stiller

Anyone who has read my essays over the past few years or any of my fourteen novels understands my belief that our country depends on each of us accepting the responsibility to defend the most basic concept of our democracy against attacks from without or within.

We are facing an election that will institute a dark autocracy built on outrageous lies seeding fear and anger in those who are gullible or racist or both.

The MAGA propaganda blitz is focused on convincing white “Christian” voters that they are somehow being victimized by “those people” (substitute the most desperate minority or immigrant population of your choice) who are “invading our country” or “poisoning our blood” or “destroying our economy and stealing your jobs” or “they’re going to come into your kitchen and slice your throat” (Really? Do sane people actually believe this tripe?)

My fictional character, Republican Presidential Candidate Mac Murphy, compressed the current Trump MAGA Republican philosophy into one sentence, “Hate’s an easy sell.”

The radical right-wing extremists in Congress have held the gavel for two years and have yet to propose any solutions to the problems facing our country. The current crop of Republican candidates and their…