Well, you know, stop stupid or slow it down. Brings me to my next question. Over the weekend, you went viral for laying out 10 steps to autocracy. Run us through those steps. So we all know, okay, so this happens in every nation that has become an autocracy, having been a democracy. So whether we're talking about Brazil with Boylsonaro or India or Putin and Russia, the Philippines with dua torte. So start with winning an election, usually the last one you're going to get to have for real. (02:10–02:19)
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Asserts that the transition from democracy to autocracy follows a recognizable pattern in nations.
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