{"id":18143,"date":"2023-03-29T19:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T23:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=18143"},"modified":"2023-03-29T19:12:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T23:12:45","slug":"n-y-post-farcical-summit-wont-save-biden-or-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/29\/n-y-post-farcical-summit-wont-save-biden-or-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. Post: Farcical summit won\u2019t save Biden or democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Post, March 30, 2023<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/29\/farcical-summit-wont-save-biden-or-democracy\/\">Farcical summit won\u2019t save Biden or democracy<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>by James Bovard<\/p>\n<p>Sounding like a Quaalude Savior, President Biden droned to foreign leaders Wednesday about how he\u2019ll rescue world democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Suffering from a cold, Biden recited the \u201cinflection point of history\u201d clich\u00e9 he hustled at the first Summit for Democracy in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Biden promised that \u201cwe\u2019re seeing real indicatiors [sic]\u201d that \u201cwe are turning the tide\u201d in favor of democracy around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Practically no one not on Biden\u2019s payroll agrees.<\/p>\n<p>Democracy last year \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/13\/bolivias-jailing-opposition-leaders-on-absurd-terrorism-charges\/\">declined around the world<\/a> for the 17th consecutive year,\u201d per Freedom House.<\/p>\n<p>Twice as many nations are veering \u201ctoward authoritarianism\u201d as toward democracy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/the-americas\/2022\/08\/11\/the-drift-to-authoritarianism-accelerates-in-central-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Economist says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most shocking: America is now categorized as less free than Mongolia, Mauritius and 56 other nations, <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/countries\/freedom-world\/scores?sort=asc&amp;order=Total%2520Score%2520and%2520Status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Freedom House<\/a> (funded by the US government).<\/p>\n<p>Despite Biden\u2019s bluster, even US government officials fear the summit will be an \u201cinconsequential talk shop,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/29\/summit-for-democracy-biden-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass scoffed, \u201cThe Summit for Democracy is a bad idea that won\u2019t go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--related-post\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--underline\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"story story--i-flex story--i-flex-none-lg\">\n<div class=\"story__image\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"postid-26338190 story__headline headline headline--xs inline-module--related-post__headline\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Team Biden believes a big problem with democracy is that politicians don\u2019t have enough power \u2014 \u201cweak state capacity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In reality, elected rulers around the globe are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/09\/aoc-dems-call-on-biden-to-extradite-bolsonaro\/\">turning themselves into dictators who increasingly repress their citizens<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s endless edicts set a terrible example for other democratic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Federal judges up to the Supreme Court have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/26\/supreme-court-ends-federal-eviction-moratorium\/\">struck down Biden\u2019s eviction moratorium<\/a> for deadbeat renters, his $400 billion cancellation of federal student debt, his \u201cclimate change\u201d decree shutting down power plants, his mask mandate for airline passengers and his edict compelling all employees of large companies and federal employees to get COVID vaccine injections.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cleashing politicians\u201d is not on the Biden Bingo Card for Saving Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The American Bar Association recently warned \u201cthe Rule of Law is in Decline Globally,\u201d but it\u2019s \u201cnot a central focus of the U.S. Government\u2019s approach\u201d on democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Three-quarters of nations \u2014 representing almost 85% of the world\u2019s population \u2014 \u201cexperienced declines in rule of law,\u201d the World Justice Project found.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In lieu of \u201cgovernment under the law,\u201d Team Biden offers \u201cthe People Centered Justice Multistakeholder Cohort\u2019s Declaration and Call to Action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How about some Biden-style censorship to save democracy?<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will sermonize on a \u201cCountering the Rise of Digital Authoritarianism\u201d panel.<\/p>\n<p>He will be joined by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, who can boast of how Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/amp\/articles\/white-house-covid-censorship-machine-social-media-facebook-meta-executive-rob-flaherty-free-speech-google-11673203704\">censors his<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<p>An internal DHS document reveals plans to crack down on \u201cinaccurate\u201d information on \u201cthe efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, racial justice, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan\u201d and other topics.<strong> Any facts that embarrass Team Biden are automatically \u201cinaccurate\u201d and ripe for suppression.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of its summit festivities, the Biden administration announced new crackdowns to make it \u201cmore difficult for corrupt actors to conceal their identities, assets, and criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unless their last <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/23\/biden-scandal-strategy-ignore-and-let-liberal-media-run-defense\/\">name is Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite reform promises at the first summit, there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org\/en\/cpi\/2022\/index\/usa\">no worldwide<\/a> progress. America ranks #24 on the international corruption index \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/26\/french-diners-sip-wine-as-fires-break-out-in-protest-against-macron\/\"> even worse than France<\/a>, per Transparency International.<\/p>\n<p>But another handout will fix that problem. Team Biden is bankrolling foreign journalists to fight \u201ckleptocracy\u201d \u2014 government of thieves. There is even an aid program entitled \u201cEmpowering the TruthTellers.\u201d (Julian Assange need not apply.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Biden administration claims to support \u201cindependent media\u201d by effectively putting foreign journalists on the US payroll.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is there no shame?<\/p>\n<p>Besides, America is no role model: It ranks a pathetic #42 <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/rsf-s-2022-world-press-freedom-index-new-era-polarisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in Reporters Without Borders\u2019 World Press Freedom Index<\/a>, worse than Moldova and Guyana.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--related-post\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--underline\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"story story--i-flex story--i-flex-none-lg\">\n<div class=\"story__image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story__text\">\n<div class=\"flag flag--skewed flag--color-brand-inverted t-left\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"postid-25879208 story__headline headline headline--xs inline-module--related-post__headline\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Biden-style democracy requires endless dictates and meddling in Americans\u2019 lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A White House Fact Sheet on its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/29\/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administrations-abiding-commitment-to-democratic-renewal-at-home-and-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abiding Commitment to Democratic Renewal at Home and\u00a0Abroad<\/a>\u201d asserts Biden is safeguarding democracy with \u201cexpanded rights and protections for transgender Americans,\u201d \u201ctaking on the discredited practice of so-called \u2018conversion therapy\u2019\u201d and \u201cstrengthening resources and protecting for LGBTQI+ children in America\u2019s public schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does permitting teenage boys to compete against girls in sports have to do with democracy?<\/p>\n<p>Biden portrays himself and his administration as role models for world democracy. He boasted that in the November midterms, \u201cVoters resoundingly and roundly rejected the voices of extremism attacking and undermining our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except for Biden\u2019s own speeches denouncing Republicans as \u201csemi-fascists\u201d and echoing color themes last seen at a Nuremberg rally?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, the Pentagon missed the memo on democrac<\/strong>y. Since 2008, foreign soldiers who received training from the US military \u201cattempted at least nine coups (and succeeded in at least eight) across five West African countries,\u201d journalist Nick Turse reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon denies responsibility for the debacles.<\/p>\n<p>But as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) declared at a congressional hearing last week, \u201cI think we should at least know how many countries we train the coup plotters in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will comic relief redeem the summit?<\/p>\n<p>The State Department wants Americans to make short videos with the hashtag #SummitForDemocracy whooping up \u201cWhat has democracy made possible in your own life?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such as falling living standards, soaring inflation, sporadic financial panic and a befuddled commander-in-chief who doesn\u2019t know if he is in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/24\/biden-hails-china-instead-of-canada-in-ottawa-gaffe-pulls-punch-on-fentanyl\/\">Canada or China<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another world summit won\u2019t restore the legitimacy of elected rulers who trample their laws and constitutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner,\u201d as I wrote long ago in the Clinton Golden Era of Democracy.<\/p>\n<p><em>James Bovard is the author of 10 books and a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Post, March 30, 2023 Farcical summit won\u2019t save Biden or democracy by James Bovard Sounding like a Quaalude Savior, President Biden droned to foreign leaders Wednesday about how he\u2019ll rescue world democracy. 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