White Americans abandoned democracy and embraced authoritarianism when they realized brown people would soon outvote them

[Wanderfound]

Here’s a relevant thing:

And another:

The founding fathers had two core concerns that were fundamental to shaping the country.

1. Maintain white dominance.
2. Maintain class dominance.

As glibertarians were fond of asserting during the Bush years, the USA has never been a democracy (“it’s a republic”). It was designed that way.