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pat_k

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2. Fantastic follow-up to the John Burn-Murdoch's quantification of Democratic backsliding, which found the United States'

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:26 AM

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...descent toward autocracy under Trump to be steeper than any recent precedent.

DU's muriel_volestrangler posted the original Financial Times article and Paul Krugman's comments on it here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016422654

And I think Mallen Baker's analysis is spot on.

There are seeds of hope in the speed and magnitude of the horrors the felon's regime is inflicting on the nation.

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Two Reasons Why Trump's Rapid Push Towards Autocracy Will Fail [View all] Fiendish Thingy Thursday OP

I think the speed is due to Trump's health Skittles Thursday #1

Either that or Trump and especially Miller's impatience. Nt Fiendish Thingy Thursday #3

Fantastic follow-up to the John Burn-Murdoch's quantification of Democratic backsliding, which found the United States' pat_k Thursday #2

It was this video's deeper dive into the FT report that impressed me Fiendish Thingy Thursday #5

has this been that rapid a fall?? rampartd Thursday #4

The graphs shown were from the Financial Times report Fiendish Thingy Thursday #6

Paul Krugman reviewed the index and endorsed as reasonable pat_k Thursday #7

we have been comparing maga to "authoritarian" movements, rampartd Thursday #8