The road weโre on, where our leaders are taking us: www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl... โDemocracy rarely dies in a single moment. It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizationsโฆ
The road weโre on, where our leaders are taking us: www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl... โDemocracy rarely dies in a single moment. It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizationsโฆ
โฆand compromises as those with power and influence tell themselves that yielding just a little ground will keep them safe or that finding common ground with a disrupter is more practical than standing against him. This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremismโฆ
โฆnever triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable itโbecause of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions. In the end, however, those who empower an autocrat often surrender not only their democracy but alsoโฆ
โฆthe very influence they once hoped to preserve.โ Only difference so far is that our Fuhrer is only acting like a dictator. He isnโt one. Yet.