Re: <nettime> why is it so quiet (in the US)

[mp <mp@aktivix.org>]

On 13/11/2020 10:07, Eric Kluitenberg wrote:
> Hi Felix, all,
> 
> The post-election situation in the US is very worrying in many respects.
> 
> The darkest scenario, a slow coup d’etat against a clear election result has been suggested to me by several friends over the past few days.

Barton Gellman outlined it, more or less, in September already in The
Atlantic, for instance

"...We are accustomed to choosing electors by popular vote, but nothing
in the Constitution says it has to be that way. Article II provides that
each state shall appoint electors “in such Manner as the Legislature
thereof may direct.” Since the late 19th century, every state has ceded
the decision to its voters. Even so, the Supreme Court affirmed in Bush
v. Gore that a state “can take back the power to appoint electors.” How
and when a state might do so has not been tested for well over a
century...."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/

The article ends:

"...If our political institutions fail to produce a legitimate
president, and if Trump maintains the stalemate into the new year, the
chaos candidate and the commander in chief will be one and the same..."

"..This article appears in the November 2020 print edition. It was first
published online on September 23, 2020..."
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