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A Hopkins Professor Says America’s Descent Into Authoritarianism May Have Started With Policing in Blue Cities. If That’s True, We’re in Big Trouble (therealnews.com)

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[–] edel@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I cannot agree more with the impression that the American is falling into authoritarianism... but why I have the feeling the originator of these comments are either a Democrat or an European.

The entire West has been falling into authoritarianism since a while ago, Trump just makes it more obvious, but the trend has been established way before he came. His presidential powers were given by many Congresses before him. The same happend in the EU, where the Commission has been allowed way, way more powers than the instituted in the Treaty of Lisbon (2007), let alone Maastricht Treaty (1992)

Inside the EU countries parliaments I see the same erosion.

But of course, lets all blame Trump so we can get back to normal... because whether you care about immigrants, discrimination, speech freedoms, wars, poverty, famine, etc... it was so much better in 2024!

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

It's not "falling into authoritarianism", it was always authoritarian.