I have the same question. A visualization of the growth and momentum of defiance actions would be motivating to recruit more participation among those already discouraged and skeptical about the chance to succeed in defeating the authoritarian consolidation attempts in progress.
Thank you for a thorough analysis, really well done.
What strikes me is not collapse, but drift. The system still works, and that’s exactly what makes the change hard to see.
This is why tools like this matter. They make accumulation visible.
I’m reminded of Christina Pagel’s Trump tracker. Not one decisive break, but many small, explainable steps that quietly shift the system.
I’ve been writing about this on my Substack, When the Story No Longer Fits, how democracy doesn’t disappear, it changes logic. From representation to optimization. From accountability to systems that simply run.
The real question for me is no longer whether institutions hold.
I really think that we can and must be more specific about the authoritarianism that has been building a fast consolidating. I argue that the best ‘heuristic’ is to understand Trumpism as a crime syndicate and that deploying this narrative would give more people the cognitive framework to better understand and resist what’s happening. I just posted about this:
Fascinating tool - is there a way to visualize how the rapidity of the consolidation has risen and fallen over time?
I have the same question. A visualization of the growth and momentum of defiance actions would be motivating to recruit more participation among those already discouraged and skeptical about the chance to succeed in defeating the authoritarian consolidation attempts in progress.
Thank you for a thorough analysis, really well done.
What strikes me is not collapse, but drift. The system still works, and that’s exactly what makes the change hard to see.
This is why tools like this matter. They make accumulation visible.
I’m reminded of Christina Pagel’s Trump tracker. Not one decisive break, but many small, explainable steps that quietly shift the system.
I’ve been writing about this on my Substack, When the Story No Longer Fits, how democracy doesn’t disappear, it changes logic. From representation to optimization. From accountability to systems that simply run.
The real question for me is no longer whether institutions hold.
It’s what they are being used to do.
https://saraeson.substack.com/p/when-the-story-no-longer-fits?utm_source=direct&r=1t83gn&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
I really think that we can and must be more specific about the authoritarianism that has been building a fast consolidating. I argue that the best ‘heuristic’ is to understand Trumpism as a crime syndicate and that deploying this narrative would give more people the cognitive framework to better understand and resist what’s happening. I just posted about this:
https://jonthinks.substack.com/p/the-cosa-nostra-casa-bianca-how-the?r=mrvx1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true