Discussion
This is the desired outcome, and it is by design. The chaos is not a stepping stone on the way to a compromised election; it •is• the compromised election.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/supreme-court-ruling-missouri-gop-congressional-maps
A parallel principle applies here. Those who seek fair elections are obliged to use responsible reasoning, to establish coherent principles and argue the substance of democracy’s foundations. But those who seek to undermine elections and destroy democracy can be utterly absurd in their logic. They do not need to make a coherent case; they only need chaos.
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Sartre wrote of the asymmetry in the battle against fascists:
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.”
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