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David Ho"Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.”
Androcat@davidho This is their Halloween bit, scaring their right-wing readership into thinking the NYT will defend democracy and truth again.
Mark OheI can only assume that The NY Times Editorial Board’s twelve criteria includes: major American legacy media (The NY Times) actively working to elect totalitarian criminal for position of president. It was an eight-plus year effort.
troy_friz_zellI'm not actually interested in the NYT assessment of democracy. They are an enemy of democracy so their opinions can't be trusted. They are not honest, they aren't objective, and they are supporting the Fascists.
samiamsamNYT also didn't have a problem with hitler either so...........
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@davidho I didn't expect Betteridge's law of headlines to be one of the norms flouted in our headlong flight from rule of law; but we've identified a headline with a question mark and an affirmative answer.
GrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸@davidho If you have to ask if you've lost your democracy it's likely already gone
Kid Mania@grumpydad @davidho
Right...?
Like dig the subtle suggestion America is still a democracy...
hint: It's Not.
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Meanwhile...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/31/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-jail/
Right...?
Like dig the subtle suggestion America is still a democracy...
hint: It's Not.
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Meanwhile...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/31/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-jail/
yuhasz01American self determination and democracy was born in a violent episode and power struggle ,ie, revolutionary war. No one voluntary gives up power, nor is it usually attained at the ballot box in an existing authoritarian society. Political power is taken...
OldFartPhil@davidho A handy status report and how-to guide from the NYT. Sweet!
humourmetom@davidho America is losing its democracy at the same rate Trump is losing his mind.
sleet01@davidho "We here at the NYT are proud of the part we have played in this transition, but didn't think it would work _quite_ this well, this quickly."
Scott Ellis@davidho This article is optimistic.
We're much further down the authoritarianism path that it portrays.