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JD Vance says the US government will investigating opposition organizations. If they start revoking the legal status and seizing bank accounts of opposition non-profits then this represents a fundamental threat to the ongoing operation and viability of an open democratic society. They're going to crackdown by revoking articles of incorporation, tax exempt non-profit status, and then go after the bank accounts. Charlie Kirk's assassination was just an excuse they've been waiting for, if it wasn't him they'd have found another excuse. This is what happened in Hungary, Turkey, and Russia. Authoritarian democracies take and hold power by taking the money away from an organized opposition. https://archive.is/KIGjp

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Funny, we seem to be on a similar line of thinking about what’s happening across the western developed world and why. Here’s the comment I posted a few minutes ago:
Anthony Accioly's avatar Anthony Accioly
I don't know. I honestly think the underlying agenda is simpler than that. Musk was already flirting with Europe's authoritarian-leaning parties before the whole DOGE fiasco. He played a key role in bringing non-establishment parties into the game, the kind of parties that may not have a lot of luck finding other means of funding themselves. Truth be told, from a billionaire's perspective, having a friendly authoritarian ruler in power is much cheaper and easier to manage than bribing (I mean lobbying) a whole range of politicians with their own agendas. Ending democracy is... good business. I mean, until the "friendly" dictator turns on you, a lesson that the sociopathic economic elite keep forgetting.
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The issue isn't just about money, really. Some on the US right are rather dangerously threatening free speech, and have been for a while, and the Trump administration has for a while. Without freedom of speech, it doesn't even make much sense to describe a country as an "authoritarian democracy". Freedom of speech, regardless of anything else, regardless of the economy, is a prerequisite for democracy of any kind. The common mob is the highest authority in a democracy, and ought to be allowed to freely discuss ideas. Without this there is no democracy.
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On the right? A bit yea, but most of the left is encourging violence against speech, a disturbing amount celebrate silencing speech via murder, and some are even outright calling to kill peoole for their speech (See:Destiny). I'm all in for free speech, but not consequence free speech. Celebrating and encouraging violence is not to be tolerated. And I hope we can get there not with laws, but culture. I'm not saying I have the answers, but the violence must not be allowed to continue. And from what I've been hearing, it looks like there may be bipartiasn work towards that end. Again, I prefer culture to law, but I'm open to it.
What about Ukraine? He basically went full dictator by purging opposing parties and speech. But, tell me more what happened with Hungary? I assume negativity towards them is due to the EU wanting to screw them over (well the marketing behind that anyway), but there could be something real there, I'd like to know.
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Soros is from Hungary. His liberal nonprofits are very active there. They have strong "conservative" government that is super corrupt (like actually stealing ton of money with their cronies) - but which government isn't at this point? (But its real bad in Hungary). The only real political opposition are liberals, which are very close to those nonprofits. (It's not like US where you have 2 parties forever, in Europe parties form and dissolve all the time) Government made series of laws like non profits have to declare foreign funding (maybe even limiting it? I don't know) and some laws limiting freedom of press. Hungary is specific because most of population is really conservative and nationalistic and liberals have massive funding from abroad. Tldr: politicians and nonprofits/media are arguing weather there should be pride march in Budapest or not while government has fused with big corps stealing everything from people.
Your mistake is believing there is still an open society. Maybe there never was. Maybe it died 25 years ago. Both parties are part of the same bird. The bird gets nurtured by unconscious slaves that gave the fantasies to dominate others just like they subconsciously feel dominated today. Align yourself with those people that see through this and are willing to put in the personal work to integrate different perspectives rather than trying to destroy them.