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Susan Cortilet Jones (link ⬇️)'s avatar

Yikes....I've been following the nightmare in Florida, but hearing your analysis as an expert on authoritarianism just adds one more slice of anxiety, an American state that has gone full blown CoCoPuffs! Along with Texas, Idaho, Arizona, South Dakota, Iowa, etc. When I see this 'virus' of authoritarianism expanding in the United States, I think about how much access to information we have. I think about former Republicans who worked on campaigns (Nicolle Wallace, Steve Schmidt with Sarah Palin for instance). It was there job to shape and market these ideas. They've since talked about regret for promoting such an unwell woman. I'm not at all naive, but with so much information available, including yours, Tim Snyder's, Bandy Lee, and other experts, how does this fever break?

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Tom Coleman's avatar

Ruth has identified the authoritarian cancer in the body politic that democracy foes like DeSantis has introduced. It is a warning to all freedom loving Americans to take seriously. Florida today, America tomorrow?

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