Before we go overboard on "our democracy is gone" [View all]

Consider this:

Abraham Lincoln

Closed newspapers critical of his administration.

FDR

Authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Andrew Jackson

Ignored a Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, which protected Native American rights, and proceeded with the Trail of Tears.

Woodrow Wilson

Oversaw extensive government propaganda through the Committee on Public Information during WWI and wanted strict surveillance of dissenters of his policies


This is not the first time that things looked bleak.