Step four they break government so democracy seems worthless. Gutted schools, inaccessible public services, fired civil servants who've been replaced by the inept and the deliberately incompetent. Step five, They install loyalists who betray the will of the people by dismantling institutions they swore to protect. Step six, they attack the media, defund public broadcasting, and create an echo chamber of propaganda and lies. Step 7 To cast blame on anyone else but themselves, they scapegoat vulnerable communities, and they target the protections of dei. (08:08–08:16)
CLAIM
Asserts that authoritarian regimes place loyalists in key positions to dismantle democratic institutions.
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