Thomas Zimmer
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Onward. Forward. Steady.
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
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Some major personal news:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Onward. Forward. Steady:
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ICYMI yesterday: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ICYMI yesterday: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
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November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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ICYMI yesterday: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
ICYMI yesterday: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin – some thoughts from my new piece:
Sunday evening reading: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis - and a reflection on what might come next on the Right.
My default assumption is that the Trumpists will keep escalating, as every crisis, every defeat only heightens their sense of being under siege:
My default assumption is that the Trumpists will keep escalating, as every crisis, every defeat only heightens their sense of being under siege:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sunday evening reading: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis - and a reflection on what might come next on the Right.
My default assumption is that the Trumpists will keep escalating, as every crisis, every defeat only heightens their sense of being under siege:
My default assumption is that the Trumpists will keep escalating, as every crisis, every defeat only heightens their sense of being under siege:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
This is a regular feature for paid members: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s ongoing authoritarian crisis, with a focus on what is happening on the Right.
The first part of the piece is free for everyone. If you want to read the whole essay, become a member:
The first part of the piece is free for everyone. If you want to read the whole essay, become a member:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is a regular feature for paid members: A roundup of the latest developments in America’s ongoing authoritarian crisis, with a focus on what is happening on the Right.
The first part of the piece is free for everyone. If you want to read the whole essay, become a member:
The first part of the piece is free for everyone. If you want to read the whole essay, become a member:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat
steady.page
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
MAGA Will Rule or Ruin
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
A roundup of the latest developments in America’s authoritarian crisis: How the Trumpists plan to bring down the Republic – and how they might react to electoral defeat.
New piece:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about what can we say with certainty about the state of American politics – and what the open questions are, where the conflict stands that will determine the trajectory of the country: Between Trumpism’s authoritarian pretensions and the complex political reality.
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I wrote about what can we say with certainty about the state of American politics – and what the open questions are, where the conflict stands that will determine the trajectory of the country: Between Trumpism’s authoritarian pretensions and the complex political reality.
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule.
A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet.
This week’s piece:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
Furious Minds
“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, an...
press.princeton.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
Again: "Furious Minds" is out, and you should all read this book.
If you are trying to understand what is happening on the Right, what's up with the people who currently control the government, and how they are giving themselves permission to declare war on pluralistic democracy, read it now.
If you are trying to understand what is happening on the Right, what's up with the people who currently control the government, and how they are giving themselves permission to declare war on pluralistic democracy, read it now.
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
Furious Minds
“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, an...
press.princeton.edu
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Again: "Furious Minds" is out, and you should all read this book.
If you are trying to understand what is happening on the Right, what's up with the people who currently control the government, and how they are giving themselves permission to declare war on pluralistic democracy, read it now.
If you are trying to understand what is happening on the Right, what's up with the people who currently control the government, and how they are giving themselves permission to declare war on pluralistic democracy, read it now.
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
Furious Minds
“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, an...
press.princeton.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Good piece from Thomas, even if the opening graf did bring back some unpleasant memories of getting to the hotel room post-decision desk at 4:30 in the morning
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Good piece from Thomas, even if the opening graf did bring back some unpleasant memories of getting to the hotel room post-decision desk at 4:30 in the morning
This is one of those days when we all drown in breaking news - but if you can stomach it: Here is an attempt to step back from the noise and provide a synthesis of where America stands, one year after Trump’s election, and what might be next.
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is one of those days when we all drown in breaking news - but if you can stomach it: Here is an attempt to step back from the noise and provide a synthesis of where America stands, one year after Trump’s election, and what might be next.
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Escalation, “normalization,” or a democratic turnaround?
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
My attempt at a synthesis of where America stands - more here: Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
If you are interested, please subscribe to Democracy Americana for free - or better yet: Consider becoming a paid member to support this work 🙏
If you are interested, please subscribe to Democracy Americana for free - or better yet: Consider becoming a paid member to support this work 🙏
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My attempt at a synthesis of where America stands - more here: Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
If you are interested, please subscribe to Democracy Americana for free - or better yet: Consider becoming a paid member to support this work 🙏
If you are interested, please subscribe to Democracy Americana for free - or better yet: Consider becoming a paid member to support this work 🙏
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Thomas is excellent as ever.
This is an important and helpful distinction for people who are alarmed but want to accurately describe the circumstances.
The people in this admin are fascists. MAGA is a fascist movement. But America is not under fascism. It is in competitive authoritarianism.
This is an important and helpful distinction for people who are alarmed but want to accurately describe the circumstances.
The people in this admin are fascists. MAGA is a fascist movement. But America is not under fascism. It is in competitive authoritarianism.
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thomas is excellent as ever.
This is an important and helpful distinction for people who are alarmed but want to accurately describe the circumstances.
The people in this admin are fascists. MAGA is a fascist movement. But America is not under fascism. It is in competitive authoritarianism.
This is an important and helpful distinction for people who are alarmed but want to accurately describe the circumstances.
The people in this admin are fascists. MAGA is a fascist movement. But America is not under fascism. It is in competitive authoritarianism.
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
doing lots of nodding and gesturing at my screen as I read this, as if Tom can somehow see my physical agreement
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
doing lots of nodding and gesturing at my screen as I read this, as if Tom can somehow see my physical agreement
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
Reposted by Thomas Zimmer
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece: