How demagogues destroy democracy: a step-by-step global guide
Today's demagogues are the harbingers of a new, 21st-century form of despotism: a corrupted, "phantom democracy" in which periodic elections are held but the rich become super-rich and omnipotent—while most of the populace is gripped by feelings of powerlessness.
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The amazing similarities between the descriptions written in this article and the words and actions of trump and MAGA are frightening. It is not just a coincidence that there is such a startling comparison. trump has plans to not only install, but to maintain an administration that will, presumably, last for decades if not longer. Dems cannot survive with their heads in the sand, hoping things will turn out well. MAGA is at war with the two party system.
From the article:
In Hungary, the government of Viktor Orbán has collared mainstream media, the judiciary, and the police and continues to breathe fire down the necks of the universities and civil society organizations.
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Donald Trump was no different. His stormy four-year presidency was locked in a permanent war with the federal bureaucracy, so-called “fake news” media, the judiciary and intelligence services, and even the Boy Scouts of America. He hankered after trust in family ties and demanded loyalty from his followers, egged on by talk of the need to “bring everything crashing down” in the words of Trump enabler Steve Bannon. He accomplished this through deep budget cuts, the centralization of federal decision-making, and refusals to fill empty leadership positions. Trump fancied himself as a lollapalooza leader, a guide, a god, a redeemer who never, ever loses battles. He stood, and will stand yet again, for government by nepotism: not procedural rules that ensure fair play, but personal channels—self-styled machismo against foes at home and abroad.
