For those who haven't heard them before, I'm going to quickly walk through the 10 steps to autocracy because we have to learn to recognize how they operate. So Step one The powerful are chosen in a free and fair election, but it's likely the last one. Step two, the chief authoritarian then moves quickly to cement power by expanding and exceeding executive authority. Step 3 they weaken competing powers by making Congress complicit, and the Supreme Court declares itself impotent or worse, an advocate for their actions. (07:32–07:37)
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Asserts that authoritarian regimes often begin with a legitimate election, which is then undermined.
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