Mark Mastin
@mmastin.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Texan. Baylor. Suns. Independent thinker. Runner. Don't put me in a box.
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As promised, I did write about this for Arc Digital www.arcdigital.media/p/the-unbear...
The Unbearable Normality of Creeping Authoritarianism
The U.S. government is under attack from within, the Constitution isn't really in effect, but if you don't follow politics and aren't directly targeted, you might not notice
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February 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As promised, I did write about this for Arc Digital www.arcdigital.media/p/the-unbear...
Reposted by Mark Mastin
But as I wrote here, there’s a big difference between riding a huge wave election and responding to some kind of national betrayal/crisis, and simply discarding with laws and institutions for seemingly no reason but to centralize power. Not a moment, a crisis. contrarian.substack.com/p/we-rejecte...
We rejected kingly power once. We must do so again.
Constitutional principles are so deeply wedded to the American experience that they transcend presidential administrations.
contrarian.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
But as I wrote here, there’s a big difference between riding a huge wave election and responding to some kind of national betrayal/crisis, and simply discarding with laws and institutions for seemingly no reason but to centralize power. Not a moment, a crisis. contrarian.substack.com/p/we-rejecte...