“For a populace already demoralized by political gridlock, economic precarity, and an impenetrable morass of disinformation, resistance can feel like too much work. The only people left with any ambition are those bent on abusing it”
#USA #Autocracy #Kleptocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/trump-corruption-autocracy?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
Why Trump isn’t bothering to hide his corruption

Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy

The Guardian