A must-read.
In answer to the title question, the authors "propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government. In democracies, citizens are not punished for peacefully opposing those in power.... Under authoritarianism, by contrast, opposition comes with a price."
We're already there.
In answer to the title question, the authors "propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government. In democracies, citizens are not punished for peacefully opposing those in power.... Under authoritarianism, by contrast, opposition comes with a price."
We're already there.
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Seth Abramson
(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.
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