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.
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A millstone?
Are you sure about his mom?
Or, that the ineligible voters are registered under a mailing address convenient to the [Democratic] party, which receives their absentee ballot applications and fills them out without speaking with or meeting the illegals in question, then receives their ballots, fills in the bubbles on the Democratic line, and drops off the ballots at the appropriate precinct or mails them in.
Why do you give this guy clicks?
Very astute observation.
Bkmk
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