Tag: Democracy
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Post-truth is pre-fascism
Historian Timothy Snyder’s phrase “post-truth is pre-fascism” warns that democracy depends on shared facts. When truth becomes optional and loyalty replaces evidence, institutions weaken, opponents become enemies, and authoritarian politics becomes easier to justify.
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Republic vs. Democracy: What the Founding Documents Actually Say
A viral meme claims the Founders built a republic specifically to oppose democracy, and that the word never appears in any founding document. Both claims need serious correction — the history is more nuanced, and more interesting, than the meme admits.
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The Polity Project
The United States slipped towards dangerous anocracy, but has improved.