1/2 Analysis of "the playbook that defeated #Orbán". #DanielHunter counts 8 key techniques [1]. #DHub [2] plans to do its own analysis of how #Hungary overthrew its dictator: what are the factors of #DemocraticResilience ?
1. You have to meet people where they actually live.
2. Anti is not enough — you need a [proposal].
3. Build for the long game, but deploy at election time.
4. Investigative journalism is infrastructure.
#DanielHunter of #ChooseDemocracyUS [1]: the US is "in a new phase of the struggle against authoritarianism ... To a tiny degree, this shift is being tracked in legacy media. ... A mass action doesn't start on social media alone. It happens when relationships are strengthened and even built with people we haven't organized with yet. Trust must grow and people need to be ready to improvise." [2]
#NonViolence #CivilDisobedience
[1] https://choosedemocracy.us
[2] https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/we-are-entering-new-phase-resistance-trump-authoritarianism
"How we position ourselves matters: Are we interested in engaging with people unhappy with the regime — whether because they love the current institutions or are unhappy with Trump’s policies on them? Are we able to tell a story that explains how we got here — and do political education? Or are we only interested in maintaining ideological purity and preaching to our own choir?"
#DanielHunter, 2024
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
"You know who to trust by who [authoritarians] tell you to distrust."
#DanielHunter, 2024
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
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#DanielHunter #nonviolence
10 ways to be prepared and grounded if Trump wins
"The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation."
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
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