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  • This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return

    11/15/2024 7:52:27 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 43 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Nov. 15, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET | M. Gessen
    For those bewildered by why so many Americans apparently voted against the values of liberal democracy, Balint Magyar has a useful formulation. “Liberal democracy,” he says, “offers moral constraints without problem-solving” — a lot of rules, not a lot of change — while “populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.” Magyar, a scholar of autocracy, isn’t interested in calling Donald Trump a fascist. He sees the president-elect’s appeal in terms of something more primal: “Trump promises that you don’t have to think about other people.” Around the world, populist autocrats have leveraged the thrilling power of that promise to transform their...