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"... for the first time in more than half a century, [the U.S.] has lost its long-term status as a liberal democracy. The country is now going through a rapid process of... “autocratisation”.
'For Orbán... it took about four years, for.... Serbia... eight years, and for Erdoğan... and Modi...about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in... one year,' ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog
Report (PDF): https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf
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