When you look at the steps a would be dictator needs to take to produce an authoritarian government, the
USA tRump fits the scenario quite well.
Spreading disinformation
Distorting the truth:
Creating constant chaos
Rewriting history and language:
Destroying checks and balances
Politicizing institutions:
Corrupting elections:
Aggrandizing executive power
Quashing dissent
Limiting freedom of speech and assembly
Retribution against perceived domestic enemies
Scapegoating vulnerable groups:
Dividing and ruling
Taking over national symbols:
They will alienate foreign allies and partners, while ruining your economy
They will manipulate the electoral system.
Did I leave anything out?
Ref:
15 Features of Authoritarianism - Insight
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Today’s authoritarian playbook is a process that happens piecemeal and is hard to distinguish from normal political jockeying.
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