Why isn't autocracy popular in America?
Is it a bad messenger?
shareAutocracy is extremely popular since the GOP has become its political party.
You must have watched the Jan. 6th spectacle when their cultists smashed their way into the Capitol in order to install a dictator in lieu of a peaceful transfer of power.
Now, the GOP is trying to prevent voting.
Surely the GOP isn't so bad as to destroy democracy?
shareOf course, they are. The GOP can't stay in power in a democracy because of demographics. They are willing to support authoritarianism in order to stay in power.
shareWe can only hope that autocracy doesn't lead to a dictatorship.
shareAutocracy is the modern dictatorship.
Russia and Turkey are two examples of autocracy aka: illiberal democracy.
How Democracies Die book:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Democracies_Die
They don't see it as a demographic shift away from what they believe. They see it as an invasion of foreigners and leftist stealing this country from "real Americans", therefore, the shift towards fascism and quasi-dictatorships is necessary.
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