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America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny -- NYMag

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Curated: 11/05/2016 from nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html
America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny -- NYMag

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the longer a democracy lasted, Plato argued, the more democratic it would become. Its freedoms would multiply; its equality spread. Deference to any sort of authority would wither... But it is inherently unstable. As the authority of elites fades... views and identities can become so magnificently diverse as to be mutually uncomprehending... There is no kowtowing to authority here, let alone to political experience or expertise.

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