Why Autocrats Are Replacing Democrats
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN “If you look at Trump in America and Bolsonaro in Brazil, you see that people want politicians that do what they promise,” said Spanish businessman Juan Carlos Perez Carreno. The Spaniard was explaining to The New York Times what lay behind the rise of Vox, which the Times calls “Spain’s first far-right party since the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975.” Indeed, the growing impatience of peoples with elected leaders and legislators who cannot or will not act decisively explains two realities of our time: the eclipse of Congress and the rise of autocracy worldwide. In condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency and use Pentagon funds to build his wall, Beltway…Continue Reading