“Declarations of emergencies, demands for ‘law and order’ and deploying concentrated state violence against poor and marginalized communities have long been primary tactics of authoritarianism in advanced capitalist societies.”

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https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-washington-takeover-military-national-guard

“The lesson from D.C. is that creeping authoritarianism is not best countered by pointing at the water line and warning it is rising. It is countered by fixing the leak, by making the public so secure in their daily lives that they do not look to the strongman in the first place.”

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/trump-washington-dc-national-guard-democrats-response.html?via=rss