HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 00:27:21 JST

@northernlights @GreenFire

#Democracy #Poland

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Alas, this is only part of the story I remembered, but it holds important, excellent phrased truths:

"#Poland [alternative read: 👉"the #US under #Trump,] in short, may be poised to turn into a Potemkin democracy, an empty simulacrum of genuine self-government. And that once again reveals the alarming brittleness of democracy, with even the most vaunted democratic success stories deeply vulnerable to authoritarian capture.👈

"To...