The End of Plural America: Chronicle of a predictable decline. How is the Dismantling of Democracy Reshaping the Face of a Nation? The thought of facts by Hubert Marlin Elingui Jr.
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Editorial
The End of Plural America: Chronicle of a predictable decline. How is the Dismantling of Democracy Reshaping the Face of a Nation? The thought of facts by Hubert Marlin Elingui Jr.
Flashmag! Issue 167 December 2025
The land of the brave is at a crossroads: the election of a divisive populist figure for the second time, especially after four years of reflection following a first term that had already been criticized at the time, is no longer something that can be ignored. The consequences stem from the grotesque plan of an elite endorsed by a significant fringe of the population. The law of numbers is undoubtedly respected, as it is democracy, but what becomes of democracy when those who are democratically elected decide to dismantle it and turn it into an autocracy?
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At a time when information is consumed in the constant fire of social media, when everything is blurred in a stream of notifications, we have chosen to tell a story rather than deliver a traditional analysis. Not to shy away from the facts, but to give them back their weight in a world that swallows them up too quickly. This choice is not only strategic. It is cultural. It is ancestral. As an editorialist for Flashmag for over a decade, it falls to me to use the“ I” for once.