Mastodawn

"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright."

It hasn't been a democracy for a long time.

It's a corporate kleptocracy, to which one can currently add the adjective kakistocratic.

#MakeAmericaGrateAgain #US_Politics

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

‘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

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@CAWguy has moved Mar 17

@wood5y Top marks for efficiency though:
”For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vucic in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdogan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year," Lindberg says.

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Woozle Hypertwin Mar 18

@CAWguy @wood5y

Don't give TFG too much credit; he provided the charisma (...apparently? I never found him appealing) but The Heritage Foundation provided the game-plan (P2025).

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@CAWguy has moved

@woozle I definitely had the Heritage Foundation in mind as well. Trump is merely their hood ornament.