A slightly positive 🧵 in a dark time. Research on dictatorships and democratic backsliding suggests that the American experiment with authoritarianism could be brief.
There are five reasons for this:
There are five reasons for this:
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2. Even though Trump is using a lot of tricks from the authoritarian handbook, he is also making mistakes. For example, minimizing the government is not in the dictator's handbook.
3. Relatedly, Trump is starting to get unpopular. The majority of his policies are against the popular opinion and some will hit his own voters. Some may even be disastrous.