JD Vance says the US government will investigating opposition organizations. If they start revoking the legal status and seizing bank accounts of opposition non-profits then this represents a fundamen...
The issue isn't just about money, really.
Some on the US right are rather dangerously threatening free speech, and have been for a while, and the Trump administration has for a while.
Without freedom of speech, it doesn't even make much sense to describe a country as an "authoritarian democracy". Freedom of speech, regardless of anything else, regardless of the economy, is a prerequisite for democracy of any kind. The common mob is the highest authority in a democracy, and ought to be allowed to freely discuss ideas. Without this there is no democracy.
Some on the US right are rather dangerously threatening free speech, and have been for a while, and the Trump administration has for a while.
Without freedom of speech, it doesn't even make much sense to describe a country as an "authoritarian democracy". Freedom of speech, regardless of anything else, regardless of the economy, is a prerequisite for democracy of any kind. The common mob is the highest authority in a democracy, and ought to be allowed to freely discuss ideas. Without this there is no democracy.
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