Dictators everywhere, first of all, claim that they’re not dictators. And second of all… claim that the people want a dictator. Those are classic dictator lines.”
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“There is a real performative side to this government’s authoritarianism… I really haven’t seen anything like this sort of performative authoritarianism… since the ’30s in Europe," Levitsky added.
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Kim Lane Scheppele, a sociology professor at Princeton, initially hesitated to call Trump's behavior dictatorial, but says the heavy military presence combined with suppression of dissent leaves no room for doubt.
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“If I was hesitating before, it’s this mobilization of the national guard and the indication that he plans to overtake resistance by force that now means we’re in it," he told the Guardian.
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