A very well-explained piece about what's coming in 🇺🇸. Levitsky writes that US democracy will most likely break down in the coming months, but "what lies ahead is not fascist or single-party dictatorship, but competitive authoritarianism." - ThreadSky

davekeating.bsky.social • 10 days ago

A very well-explained piece about what's coming in 🇺🇸.

Levitsky writes that US democracy will most likely break down in the coming months, but "what lies ahead is not fascist or single-party dictatorship, but competitive authoritarianism."

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gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'm in London at the moment and the english are very familiar with same.

I hear the Nobel comittee meet next week in Oslo to discuss a new Nobel Prize for Amnesia.

tanzpunk.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yup, competitive authoritarianism sounds exactly right. I submit these 3 as the leading factions.

https://bsky.app/profile/tanzpunk.bsky.social/post/3liig3kdkg22x

blayneydeborah.bsky.social•9 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/danetchells.bsky.social/post/3li2ej6gays2i
@chrischirp.bsky.social's impressive and depressive mapping of the actions of the Trump administration in just the first 3 weeks!
@dziblatt.bsky.social @gcapoccia.bsky.social @conunitucl.bsky.social @adamjschwarz.bsky.social @bricksilk.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social

blayneydeborah.bsky.social•8 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/opinion/musk-trump-doge-tech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.rKYo.N5j1Dozx1Mrh&smid=url-share

blayneydeborah.bsky.social•10 days ago

Read 'How Democracies Die' (2018) by Levitsky & @dziblatt.bsky.social.
This synthesises signs of democratic backsliding to authoritarianism to be alert to in Trump's second term.
'Weaponizing the state is not some new feature of conservative philosophy—it is an age-old feature of authoritarianism.'

blayneydeborah.bsky.social•10 days ago

'The Heritage Foundation and other right-wing groups have spent millions of dollars recruiting and vetting an army of up to 54,000 loyalists to fill government positions. These changes could have a broader chilling effect across the govt, discouraging public officials from questioning the president'

discofornow.bsky.social•10 days ago

Except all analyses MUST be based on 'What would Putin do if he was US president?'

Believe me, trump is doing what Putin tells him to do.

ricsilvestre.bsky.social•10 days ago

"There will be elections in 2028 and Republicans could lose them". There is no way that Trump will let elections to be fair! He won't allow the House to switch to Dems control: impeachment(s), investigations, hearings, power of the purse, Or being tried by a DOJ under a Dems POTUS.

ricsilvestre.bsky.social•10 days ago

As Timothy Snyder says, "Trump, as any authoritarian, needs to have all the power until he dies in bed"

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