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

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

👉 Remark: The article is about the U.S. and Europe, despite the title.

  • GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    “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,” Lindberg says.

    That says a lot about the American population and how “busy” they are to fight this, because they “need to go to work to feed their families”. Not like those other rich countries, where people can afford to lose jobs /s.

    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
      61·
      2 days ago

      It’s not about the population, it’s about the legal system. In the USA, the president has massive powers, much, much more than heads of governments in practically all other democratic countries. The more power the executive has, the easier it is for them to set up a dictatorship.