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So, You Elected an Autocrat — Now What? [barf alert]
Politico ^ | 11/23/2024 | Gabor Scheiring

Posted on 11/23/2024 9:54:18 AM PST by simpson96

Many believed that after his first term as president, Donald Trump would end up in the dustbin of history. Now Trump is back, and the United States is about to be ruled for the second time by a right-wing populist.

Trump’s goal this time is to remake the American government to enhance his power. He isn’t the first modern right-wing populist to attempt this — he is following a playbook pioneered by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. I lived through Orbán’s power grab as a member of Hungary’s parliament and have been researching populism since. I’ve learned a few things along the way that might help Trump’s opponents understand how he won and how they can fight back.

First off, it’s important to understand that America isn’t the first country to face this kind of threat to its democracy, and it also isn’t something external. Autocratic populism is not a virus the U.S. caught from the exotic East, from Russia or Hungary. Modern-day autocracies come to power through elections, leading to electoral autocracies. These regimes are built from within the democratic system.

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Hungary’s key lesson is you don’t protect democracy by talking about democracy — you protect democracy by protecting people. Only a democracy that works for the people is sustainable.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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Excerpted. This was the tip of the iceberg. His screed goes on and on.

1 posted on 11/23/2024 9:54:18 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

“you protect democracy by protecting people. Only a democracy that works for the people is sustainable.”

No duhhhh!


2 posted on 11/23/2024 9:54:34 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

He DEFINITELY has that pedo look to him.


3 posted on 11/23/2024 9:55:08 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: simpson96

Looks like a close relative of Pajama Boy.


4 posted on 11/23/2024 9:56:37 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: simpson96

Except that the people that he believes should be prosecuted are all those people who voted for Trump.


5 posted on 11/23/2024 9:57:19 AM PST by hoagy62 (Don't let evil win again!)
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To: simpson96

I hope he gets the mental help he needs.

And someone to explain history to him.


6 posted on 11/23/2024 9:58:55 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: simpson96

He looks like a pointy-headed, P-whooped sissy boy who would write this kind of kinky crap. The hand under the chin “hack” is to make him appear to be some kind of an intellectual.


7 posted on 11/23/2024 10:03:58 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (This Thanksgiving, spay and neuter your liberal RAT family members.)
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To: simpson96

These people are mentally ill. Ignore the retards.


8 posted on 11/23/2024 10:05:55 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: simpson96

Check his hard drive and don’t let him within 500 yards of a school


9 posted on 11/23/2024 10:08:59 AM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That’s so cute...)
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To: simpson96

More than excerpted, your link doesn’t even go to Politico.

Here is the link https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/23/trump-autocrat-elections-00191281


10 posted on 11/23/2024 10:08:59 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: simpson96

What a pansy faggot!

That is no man ...


11 posted on 11/23/2024 10:10:17 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: simpson96
Loosely related discussion may be found here.
12 posted on 11/23/2024 10:11:28 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: simpson96

Technically you little maggot, POTUS is an autocrat by constitutional design.


13 posted on 11/23/2024 10:11:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Made In The USA

So do I.


14 posted on 11/23/2024 10:11:50 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: pburiak

Or a chuck e cheese restaurant.


15 posted on 11/23/2024 10:12:32 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: simpson96

I hope they paid this trewp a lot of money to write this screed and that they soon realize it was a total loss.


16 posted on 11/23/2024 10:13:31 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: simpson96

BUTTHURT,POOR BABY


17 posted on 11/23/2024 10:13:47 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: NorthMountain

He’s just a soy boy pretending to be a man.


18 posted on 11/23/2024 10:14:16 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Night Hides Not

Have they ever been seen in the same room together?


19 posted on 11/23/2024 10:14:49 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: simpson96
Trump’s goal this time is to remake the American government to enhance his power.

I think he's confusing Trump with Obama.
20 posted on 11/23/2024 10:19:09 AM PST by The Unknown Republican
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