Why America Collapsing Into Authoritarianism Was Inevitable
How America Never Developed the Power to Grow Into a Modern Democracy
When you look at America, what do you see?
Authoritarian collapse, obviously. But in the years preceding it? School shootings. People dying for lack of basic medicines, like insulin. Skyrocketing prices for the basics of life, whether healthcare, education, finance, or housing. Old people who will never retire, and young people who cannot afford to start a family or have a home of their own. The middle class imploding. Incomes shrinking. Savings dwindling. The rich growing richer as a consequence of all that. A predatory way of life arising.
Here’s the unforgiving truth. In such a society, authoritarianism rising was inevitable. Not just because such chaos spawns a need for a tyrant to take the reins. But for a less visible, but related, reason.
What unites all these things?
If you look closely at America, you will see a society of vertical power. One whose sole organizing force is vertical power. What do I mean by “vertical power”? I mean that every stratum of society occupies its position on a hierarchy, and each struggles to keep the next down, instead of lift any other up. Vertical power is power over, vertical power systems…
