New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if Trump reaches the bottom of the 30-point scale before the mid-term elections.
"A republic, if you can keep it"
