The problem is that authoritarianism also takes less dramatic forms all around the world, including now. In those less dramatic forms, life looks pretty normal. People kiss on the street late at night, choose their jobs, have as many children as they want, go on trips, travel abroad even, throw parties, arrange play dates, cook, drink, try to lose weight, fight, dance. The only thing they cannot do is help govern themselves.
ESSAY: What are you waiting for?
Twenty-first-century American authoritarianism is here. Too many Americans are waiting for irrelevant, outdated red lines
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