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11 Is the US moving into an autocratic gray zone?
Democracy is not a self-sustaining system; it is a fragile set of rules that can be methodically dismantled from the inside. We explore why the most dangerous threat to a free society often comes from the very leaders elected to serve it, focusing on how power is consolidated when constraints are removed.Pulitzer Prize historian Anne Applebaum describes how the shift toward autocracy begins with the capture of the state bureaucracy and the weaponization of the legal system. This process replaces expert meritocracy with political loyalty, effectively turning the state into a tool for the…
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