Comment by SXX

> But more importantly, authoritarianism doesn’t usually arrive through sudden, dramatic force—it seeps in gradually. A slow erosion of rights, institutions, and norms makes it difficult for people to recognize the turning point until it’s too late.

It's totally correct from my own life experience seeing authoritarianism built, but fortunately Trump is 78 years old and he dont have 20 years to slowly build his authoritarian regime in US.