An Oligarchy, If They Can Keep It
5th November 2024
A Harris victory looks less likely each day, and thank God for that. While Roger Kimball foresees the final destruction of the old American Constitution at the hands of a totalitarian state led by Harris, I see something more chaotic and potentially worse: a hubristic Harris administration that—mistakenly assuming itself to have the mandate of heaven—tries to be authoritarian and fails, thereby unleashing political chaos.
Just as there have been no adults in the room in the Harris campaign, so too we should expect none in her government. A Harris administration would probably be blissfully unaware of several seismic trends in American political life over the last ten years.