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The Damage Done: A Mandate to Demolish America's Progress Toward a More Perfect Union

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One of the means to undermine democratic government is to destroy public trust in institutions. Tyrants break confidence in democracy by constantly attacking government as wasteful, incompetent, and illegitimate. The conservative movement in America gradually moved in this direction on three fronts: religion, economics, and democratic institutions, working toward minority autocracy and against egalitarianism and diversity. Reagan‐era neoliberalism evolved into the Tea Party Movement (in 2008) and has now transformed into MAGA (in 2016) (Make America Great Again) under Donald Trump. The Heritage Foundation is now ready to fulfill a dream of “dismantling the administrative state” with Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership (in 2023). This extended commentary chronicles the means through which the American conservative movement used racism and religion to undermine democratic institutions for the sake of power and wealth and to win an ideological culture war for White nationalism. 破坏民主政府的手段之一是破坏公众对机构的信任。暴君不断攻击政府浪费、无能和不合法, 从而破坏了人们对民主的信心。美国的保守运动在宗教、经济和民主制度三个方面逐渐朝这个方向发展。致力于少数群体独裁, 反对平等主义和多样性。里根时代的新自由主义, 演变成茶党运动 (2008年), 现在在唐纳德·特朗普的领导下转变为MAGA (2016年) (让美国再次伟大) 。传统基金会现在已准备好通过“2025 年项目:领导授权” (2023 年) 来实现“废除行政国家”的梦想。这篇长篇评论记录了美国保守运动为了权力和财富而利用种族主义和宗教破坏民主制度, 并赢得白人民族主义意识形态文化战争的手段。 Uno de los medios para socavar el gobierno democrático es destruir la confianza pública en las instituciones. Los tiranos rompen la confianza en la democracia al atacar constantemente al gobierno por considerarlo derrochador, incompetente e ilegítimo. El movimiento conservador en Estados Unidos avanzó gradualmente en esta dirección en tres frentes: religión, economía e instituciones democráticas. trabajando por la autocracia de las minorías y contra el igualitarismo y la diversidad. El neoliberalismo de la era Reagan, evolucionó hasta convertirse en el Movimiento Tea Party (en 2008), ahora transformado en MAGA (en 2016) (Make America Great Again) bajo Donald Trump. La Heritage Foundation ahora está lista para cumplir el sueño de “desmantelar el estado administrativo” con el Proyecto 2025: Mandato de Liderazgo (en 2023). Este extenso comentario narra los medios a través de los cuales el movimiento conservador estadounidense utilizó el racismo y la religión para socavar las instituciones democráticas en aras del poder y la riqueza, y para ganar una guerra cultural ideológica en favor del nacionalismo blanco.

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  • Anthony R. Brunello, 2025. "The Damage Done: A Mandate to Demolish America's Progress Toward a More Perfect Union," World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 188(1), January.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:woraff:v:188:y:2025:i:1:n:e12056
    DOI: 10.1002/waf2.12056
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