18 steps to a democratic breakdown

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Erica De Bruin
@esdebruin
Today @RisaBrooks12 & I ring the alarm bells in a special @washingtonpost section on "the coup next time"

We argue democracy is most likely to break down via incremental steps to undermine elections, rather than a violent insurrection or coup
https://washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2021/january-6-next-coup-signs/… 1/4

Perspective | 18 steps to a democratic breakdown
American democracy probably won't end with a violent coup — but with incremental actions that undermine elections. That's happening now.
washingtonpost.com
7:35 AM · Dec 12, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/interactive/2021/january-6-next-coup-signs/

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https://archive.ph/LIMhr

Democracy is most likely to break down through a series of incremental actions that cumulatively undermine the electoral process, resulting in a presidential election that produces an outcome clearly at odds with the voters’ will. It is this comparatively quiet but steady subversion, rather than a violent coup or insurrection against a sitting president, that Americans today have to fear most.

Five sets of actions fuel this corrosion: limiting participation in elections; controlling election administration; legitimizing and mobilizing social support for methods to obstruct or overturn an election; using political violence to further that end; and politicizing the regular military or National Guard to delegitimize election outcomes.

We have identified 18 steps to democratic breakdown and assigned a score of one to three alarm bells for each step, which indicates how big a threat we believe it poses to our democracy now.

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[PortTack]

1. Let's not forget we are fighting back! There are multiple legal challenges on going

Yes, we need a voting rights bill!!

For updates on these legal challenges in multiple states follow Marc Elias on twitter and democracydocket.com

This kind of article is important, but they make it sound like we aren’t doing a thing to stop it...NOT SO!

[bearsfootball516]

2. Very scary stuff.

[GoodRaisin]

3. Pretty good read.

Accurate summary of what they are up to.