America has been authoritarian for generations.
Don't get me wrong - Americans must the current full-on assault on the rule of law, human decency, and literally truth and logic!, by all means necessary.
But the office of the President has simply gotten stronger and stronger over the years, decades and centuries.
Nixon, Reagan and W Bush were outright authoritarian; Clinton, Obama and Biden did nothing to roll back these extra powers.
And now here we are.
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Tom Ritchford /
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2025-04-28 11:10:00
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