And so the problem for Congress is that Congress tends to believe that it is the. The imprimatur of what democracy can be on the legislative side. But what Authoritarians understand they can do this at the state level, at the local level, through the tech space, through the economy. And that Congress is only one facetime. And so part of, I think the inaction that we see or the muted response is this notion that this is just a really extreme version of normal politics, an extreme version of polarization. (14:54–15:05)
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Asserts that authoritarians exploit state, local, tech, and economic avenues to undermine democracy.
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