“Modern-day autocracies come to power through elections, leading to electoral autocracies. These regimes are built from within the democratic system.” www.politico.com/news/magazin... - ThreadSky

timobrien.bsky.social • 91 days ago

“Modern-day autocracies come to power through elections, leading to electoral autocracies. These regimes are built from within the democratic system.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/23/trump-autocrat-elections-00191281

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shraderlove.bsky.social•91 days ago

Good article!

sutih.bsky.social•91 days ago

MAGA hasn’t noticed yet how authoritarian leaders feel about gun ownership.

annslater22.bsky.social•91 days ago

Dems playing by the rules and a country built on democracy, handing over the reigns to an autocratic administration like everything is fine. I hate it. It's like walking directly into a fire.

annslater22.bsky.social•89 days ago

I'm watching helplessly from Canada. 🇨🇦
But, still supporting all of you!

correlldm.bsky.social•90 days ago

It sucks. We need to strengthen our local/state government to stand in resistance. Easy for me to say, being in a blue state, I don't know how much we can help with blue dots in red states. It's depressing.

johnhook.bsky.social•91 days ago

Too late...Trump is appointing Project 2025 people to ruin our Government! Some Americans wanted this they should pay for it not us!! This is the REAL DEEP STATE!!!

thesoundings.bsky.social•91 days ago

We're gonna regret blithely accepting the GOP not giving Obama's SCOTUS nominee a hearing, the excessive use of filibuster over the last two decades, the increasing effectiveness of gerrymandering, the open partisanship of the judiciary, and the structural flaws of our democratic system like the EC

jaguarina3.bsky.social•91 days ago

🥵🤮

rushstreetblues.bsky.social•91 days ago

When the Supreme Court's mission is to take away your freedom, autocracy is coming soon to your door.

malthusjohn.bsky.social•91 days ago

The US was the first electoral autocracy, able to hide it behind the thin veil of a party duopoly, and piling on the false dichotomies for at least a century.

e11eevans.bsky.social•91 days ago

It puts the lotion on it's skin

buddhacat8.bsky.social•91 days ago

📌

brigitteprosperi.bsky.social•91 days ago

Les démocraties sont fragiles, mal préparées aux différentes formes de guerre hybride qui les attaquent. Une démocratie peut installer au pouvoir une potentielle dictature. Le complotisme, le négationniste et le populisme peuvent prendre le pouvoir..

dot1031.bsky.social•91 days ago

📌

katieg650.bsky.social•91 days ago

Great article with practical takeaways.

genxkaren.bsky.social•91 days ago

📌

lilyjenzen.bsky.social•91 days ago

And it becomes false democracy. Look at many countries in the name of democracy like Thailand for example. They even call it Thai democracy under which there is an election but no freedom of expression.

idoamir.bsky.social•91 days ago

Netanyahu did the same to Israel.

democracyenjoyer.bsky.social•91 days ago

Facts! Lets follow the advice from this author. They make sense.

randymass.bsky.social•91 days ago

This has been in the works for years.

jeank56.bsky.social•91 days ago

And nobody’s doing anything about it. It’s like we’re all just sleep walking.

davisray18.bsky.social•86 days ago

Lovely news I like this’s the man of the people

kitty-wampus.bsky.social•91 days ago

Wharton Trump, Harvard Vance... aren't they the elites?

silenciodogwood.bsky.social•91 days ago

falalananana.bsky.social•91 days ago

📌

papadontpreach.bsky.social•91 days ago

Someone was coached by the best in the business.

xflagirl.bsky.social•91 days ago

Check out Ben Rhodes book “After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made,” of the countries, including Hungary after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Orban, his cronies and their slow, steady takeover of Hungary. Exactly the path 47 is on. I found it a truly interesting read. Explains a lot.

ronduplantis.bsky.social•91 days ago

Yes. Our progression … 👇based on our two-party corruption of the founders’ intent WRT power concentrations.

kcubd.bsky.social•91 days ago

dang it!

exactly the point for 11/5

mrstyrano.bsky.social•91 days ago

There’s a great new Trump biopic on Netflix: An American Dream. It notes (or speculates) when the current malevolent iteration started to grow. And what a total fuckhead he is

mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social•91 days ago

Yes @timobrien.bsky.social

Co-opting and crushing media orgs is central.

We need to learn quickly from journalists and news orgs who have been battling authoritarianism such as @mariaressa.bsky.social

Please see👇

https://bsky.app/profile/mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social/post/3lbnls72wvk2v

1diane.bsky.social•91 days ago

Don't forget to follow @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , read #strongmen, and subscribe to her substack: Lucid. It's an advanced degree on the elements of authoritarianism.

dandidihollywood.bsky.social•91 days ago

After the failed beerhall putsch to take Germany in a coup, Hitler realized the only way to gain power was through elections bc elections created legitimacy and it took the Nazis another decade of losses before they won and thus "legitimized".

dandidihollywood.bsky.social•91 days ago

Side note:: When Hitler left prison for the coup, the NY Times (1924) basically said he was reformed and henceforth would be well behaved. Lol.

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