“Mr. Levitsky, the Harvard professor, said he had some hope. The United States, he said, has a “wealthy and diverse opposition,” and rather than outright authoritarianism, there could be “a slow and gradual slide into a gray area.”
As he put it, “no democracy this old or this rich has ever broken down.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
[For starters, please identify a democracy “this old and this rich.”
This conclusion contravenes the entire premise of the article which is that our democracy already has broken down. More evidence of fear and anticipatory obedience. Which New York Times editor is responsible for highjacking the article?]
March 9, 2025
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