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  1. "When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government,
    that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism,”

    said #Steven #Levitsky,
    a professor of government at Harvard and the co-author of the influential 2018 book
    “How Democracies Die.”

    nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/poli

  2. Das sehr empfehlenswerte "Wie Demokratien sterben" von Steven und Daniel ist seit heute bis nächsten Donnerstag (2. Mai) für nur 4,99€ als zu haben.
    Wer es also noch nicht hat, sollte diese günstige Gelegenheit nutzen.

    mstdn.social/@stekopf/11161804

  3. Das sehr empfehlenswerte #Buch "Wie Demokratien sterben" von Steven #Levitsky und Daniel #Ziblatt ist seit heute bis nächsten Donnerstag (2. Mai) für nur 4,99€ als #ebook zu haben.
    Wer es also noch nicht hat, sollte diese günstige Gelegenheit nutzen.

    mstdn.social/@stekopf/11161804
    #Demokratie #Autokratie #WieDemokratienSterben #Wahlkampf #USA #USAmerikanischeGeschichte #Grandfathering

  4. Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger?

    Harvard professors Steven #Levitsky and Daniel #Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is YES.

    Democracy no longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a whimper: the slow, steady #weakening of critical institutions, such as the #judiciary and the #press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political #norms.

    The good news is that there are several exit ramps on the road to #authoritarianism.

    The bad news is that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first one.

    Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary #Hungary, #Turkey, and #Venezuela, to the American South during #Jim #Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.

    penguinrandomhouse.com/books/5