There is a global turn away from democracy. The USA has trashed in one year the democratic institutions autocrats in other countries took 7-10 years to demolish. The process is well underway in Australia.

Whose interests are served as democracy withers? Those of fossil fuel companies, weapons manufacturers & others for whom a responsible transition to renewable energy & action to reduce inequality is a threat to their profits. Their strategy is to turn us against each other.

Meanwhile workers are exploited, communities polarised, populations displaced, genocides perpetrated & the planet burns.

People are not our enemy. Ignorance is.

#democracy #australia #governance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The Guardian