“‘For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year’
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US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. ‘The world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same time’
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A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.”
The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.
Yes, I’m looking at you, tech folks.
... Show more...“‘For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year’
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US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.
Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. ‘The world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same time’
…
A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.”
The very fucking *least* you can do right now is not comply in advance.
Yes, I’m looking at you, tech folks.
theguardian.com/world/commenti…
#fascism
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
Martin Gelin (The Guardian)
MusiqueNow ✡️ 🇵🇸
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Hi everyone. Please read this post
#DemocracyAtRisk
Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Trump & Hegseth are threatening Iran with war crimes publicly - destroying their power plants - so it should be clear to everyone what they’re about.
When Russia did this to Ukraine, just years ago, all diplomatic ties were cut.
But when USA does it, nothing happens.
We are all corrupt, and the values we say we represent don’t mean squat.
Sir Jo
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Remember when he posted
"I love the smell of deportations in the morning?"
I knew where he was heading.
Dictatorship & war.
And we're all in for it.
The whole world.
youtube.com/watch?v=N5fd8oU4DS…
- YouTube
www.youtube.comshwell
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to shwell • • •@shwell macOS/iOS daily drivers; various Linux dev/testing/servers
Age assurance benefits fascists. (See who’s lobbying for it.)
shwell
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •GhostOnTheHalfShell
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •The tech guys from Silicon Valley bankrolled the GOP’s total control of the federal government they are the people who wrote project 2025 and the guys from Silicon Valley have their dark enlightenment (read human extinction) movement.
These people have prepared safe houses in bunkers with the full expectation of civilization collapsing it’s something they are deliberately working towards because they have their “nerd” flavor of the second coming.
noldi
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •To Aral and everyone, whom it may concern, hello!
Democracy? Even the word: Geistiger Humbug!
Herrschaft des Volkes? Woruebr soll das Volk denn herrschen? Ueber die Fliegen; Ziegen; Steine???
The 'Populus', doesen't exist either. A deep-fake wording!
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/…
nytimes.com/2026/03/13/technol…
reuters.com/business/retail-co…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/te…
The authoritarianism has fossil fuel funding.
Tech is awash with oil money of petrostate despots & oil oligarchs.
axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-trie…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
medium.com/predict/musks-ties-…
npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-53985…
forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/20…
aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/…
washingtonpost.com/technology/…
thehill.com/business/5297272-t…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
al-monitor.com/originals/2024/…
businessinsider.com/microsoft-…
Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia
Tom Porter (Business Insider)Sozan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •luca
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •The number of persons feeling subjugated by the real manipulators is well below the critical mass. While the mass distraction techs are effective is hard4change
Drey
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •DavidM_yeg
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •The only thing I disagree with in this is all the breathless hyperventilating about ‘how fast’ Trump has been able to tear down democratic institutions.
“Only one year!”
It only seems that way to the poor misguided Americans who thought they lived in an exemplary and stable democracy, the ones who bought the propaganda that declared American democracy was the best in the world, instead of being a teetering castle made of sand ready to collapse in a strong wind.