Are We Heading Towards an Authoritarian Slide?

In this inaugural episode of the Centered From Reality podcast, Alex Kopytko dives into a multitude of issues over the last month that he views could help dismantle US democracy. The majority focus on what the Republican Party is doing under the absence of Trump's presidency and how Trump's resurgence following more failed audits could be problematic.

He talks about: 

- Robert Kagan's article in the Washington Post titled "Our constitutional crisis is already here" and how it relates to a new plethora of issues that the Trump era has brought to fruition. Kagan's article views the coming years as crucial for democracy and worries about 2022 and beyond. It seems like the founding fathers weren't ready for a political party to back one person in the way in which they are now.

- John Eastman's memo in which he provided a legal (albeit flawed) framework for throwing out millions of legal votes in order to keep Trump in power. Alex talks about how Trump had the rioters and the election conspiracy, now it looks like he had the legal plan too. 

- The Arizona Audit by the Trump-supporting "Cyber Ninjas" actually helped validate Biden's electoral victory, yet Trump is still backing the big lie at rallies.

- Anne Applebaum's warnings about authoritarianism and how it can grow and flourish in a country like the US.

- Thoughts on how the Democratic Party needs to get rid of perfection and work towards passing GOOD policy.