Most important new idea to throw in the mental hopper for watching current events unfold in the coming days. TL;DR: disagreement about remedies to a financial crisis amongst previously supportive elites is the likely trigger of authoritarian regime collapse.
Reposted from Tom Pepinsky
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.

Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵

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