[ExI] Autocratisation in the USA

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 17/10/2026 17:50, Stuart LaForge wrote:
> As an American I do not deny the trend because I see it too. Although, 
> IMO, it goes far beyond Trump and the USA. It is happening all over the 
> world, and I would say that the root cause of it is a global plutocratic 
> elite that is led or inspired by Vladimir Putin.
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> Putin has openly admitted his disdain for liberal democracy in all its 
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> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-22481-1_55
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Yes, I just quoted the part of the v-Dem report that related to the USA, but most of it was about the increasing trend towards autocracy all over the world.

It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous, someone like Putin saying that the western democracies threaten freedom in places like Russia. What I don't understand  is how anyone takes talk like that seriously. If you live in a country where you can't even publish a book about being gay, for example, without being arrested and thrown into prison, and your leader starts talking about how your 'freedoms' are being threatened, surely you'd choke on your borscht?
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Ben
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." - Pablo Casals, via Albert Einstein