Arjun Appadurai sees the Trump administration as an autoimmune disorder for US democracy, returning the institutions of governance upon themselves:
'Trump’s twisted genius has enabled the reorganization of the core engineering of American liberal society, to turn its greatest protections against illiberal forces into the biggest weapons of illiberalism'!
I've said it before: Trump is a real & present danger to democracy (& not just in the US)
#politics #democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/25/trump-american-democracy
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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