A REMINDER from something I read in 2018
From a book entitled "How Democracies Die"..."Levitsky and Ziblatt write: “Mobilizing the vote in 2018 and 2020 is essential.
But there is something else that ordinary Americans must do: Try to build broader coalitions in defense of democracy. To ensure democracy’s survival, we must build alliances that extend beyond traditional party lines.
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For liberals, this means forging perhaps uncomfortable alliances — with right-of-center businesspeople, evangelical Christians, and dissident conservatives, among others.
A blue-state coalition is simply not enough.
This is often hard work, and it involves compromise.
But an awful lot is at stake.”"
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