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> The incredible successes of Trumps second term so far will encourage and empower populists everywhere. Successes? He's succeeded at consolidating power becau
by DFHippie 1y ago
> The incredible successes of Trumps second term so far will encourage and empower populists everywhere.
Successes? He's succeeded at consolidating power because his own party and his partisans on the Supreme Court allow it. Also, destroying stuff is easy. What are these successes of which you speak?
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- ben_w 1y agoI'm not sure how much populists differ from authoritarians, but for the latter "consolidating power" is the definition of success, all else is unimportant.