Windy wrote:Generally people who aren't Americans are authoritarian masochists so it's probably that.
Yeah, because we certainly didn't elect an authoritarian who is hurting us... :roll:
Windy wrote:Generally people who aren't Americans are authoritarian masochists so it's probably that.
IamNotCreepy wrote:Windy wrote:Generally people who aren't Americans are authoritarian masochists so it's probably that.
Yeah, because we certainly didn't elect an authoritarian who is hurting us... :roll:
Windy wrote:So what exactly has he done that's more authoritarian than our previous 3 presidents?
Two political scientists from Harvard University have identified four warning signs that indicate if someone poses a dangerous authoritarian risk to a nation. No U.S. politician, at least dating back to the Civil War, has come close to ticking off all four boxes, one of the authors told Newsweek—until Donald Trump came along.
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The four markers are:
1.Rejecting or showing weak commitment to democratic rules.
2.Denying the legitimacy of political opponents.
3.Encouraging or tolerating violence.
4.A readiness to stifle or limit civil liberties of opponents, including media.
NathanLoiselle wrote:I am not more authoritarian! I'm more socialist.
Absentia wrote:It's true that Trump's authoritarian ambitions have mostly been thwarted by the kind of strong, independent institutions that a country like Turkey lacks, but a frustrated authoritarian is still an authoritarian. Erdogan just happened to be born into a more fertile ground for budding despots.
Ceiling_Squid wrote:Not to mention Trump has repeatedly praised Erdogan, including congratulating him on the rigged referendum this year that granted Erdogan broader power.
No siree, nothing unsettling about that.
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