Dan Gillmor19h ago
As the U.S. sinks into dictatorship -- malevolent rule by corrupt politicians and oligarchs -- the institution I know the best has almost completely failed to recognize, much less counter, the threat. Big Journalism will be remembered for its cowardice and capitulation. 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
Show threadElisabetta15h ago
@dangillmor as Italian, this worries me much. What can we actively do to prevent this outcome in countries like ours, where autocracy is leading the way? It's not rhetorical, I honestly don't know.
Show threadPauline
@gilraen79 @dangillmor i'm from germany, i have the same fear and we can do nothing. The media are in the hand of billionaires and television in the hand of politics. It's a worldwide problem.
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Show threadElisabetta14h ago
@Mirabeaulacht @dangillmor I agree, and I wish we could some kind of coordination in order to be able to, at least, try to do something.