Steven Levitsky says the U.S. "is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism — a system in which parties compete in elections but incumbent abuse of power systematically tilts the playing field against the opposition." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... - ThreadSky

brianstelter.bsky.social • 20 days ago

Steven Levitsky says the U.S. "is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism — a system in which parties compete in elections but incumbent abuse of power systematically tilts the playing field against the opposition." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-competitive-authoritarian/681609/

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susanoca25.bsky.social•20 days ago

I don't know about sliding. I'd say sprinting.

lauralpharm.bsky.social•20 days ago

See: Hungary

blucowdawg.bsky.social•20 days ago

…complete bullshit… the party in power never relinquishes it’s position… how the fuck can anyone with a lick of sense believe this sort of trash…

wuzzupg.bsky.social•20 days ago

Sounds about right. Look at the Philippines as an example.

judith-ip.bsky.social•20 days ago

I loathe articles that try to pretend that this is a "system" problem not a "one of the parties" problem.

Did the incumbent abuse power in 2024? No? Then it's not an "incumbent" problem but a "Republican" problem.

nosralmat.bsky.social•20 days ago

We need an uprising, that is, if the courts kowtow to T-rump.

nosralmat.bsky.social•20 days ago

The U.S. is a failing nation now, many steps closer to being a failed state like Russia or Syria or Venezuela. A year ago I was in Hungary and I felt the sense of despair in an autocracy. Here the failure is related to billionaires shaking down the government for contracts and tax cuts.

enragedapostate.bsky.social•20 days ago

Putin knows that Trump/MAGA can not let America's sane patriots back in control of government. (MAGA/Trump would be prosecuted for their crimes as they justly should.)

So Putin is advising Musk/Trump to take the steps to turn the USA into Russia: end representative democracy & civil liberties

acarothers.bsky.social•20 days ago

Oh yeah, plus Fox News, a $14 billion a year propaganda operation that is streamed into millions of homes each day. But let's not talk about that.

dcscribe.bsky.social•20 days ago

Republicans have been waging this war in the states for years: Wisconsin, North Carolina…

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