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Democracy Watchdog Says U.S. 'No Longer a Democracy,' Warns of Rapid 'Autocratization'
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Democracy Watchdog Says U.S. 'No Longer a Democracy,' Warns of Rapid 'Autocratization'
A leading global monitor of democratic governance says the United States, under the Trump administration, has lost its status as a liberal democracy and is undergoing a rapid process of "autocratization."
Democratic involution progresses in the developed world. Sweden’s V-Dem Institute annual report leaves no room for doubt: almost a quarter of the world experienced a democratic retreat, or self-cratization, in 2025, and six of the ten new regressive countries identified in the research are in Europe and North America, including G-7 powers such as Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Continue reading
Swedish researchers investigate the state of democracy worldwide. Their report promises nothing good. Especially in Trump's America, the situation is shocking.
The US President rules mainly by decree, at the expense of the control of Congress. "The speed at which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history," says a report of the "Varieties of Democracy" Institute of the Swedish University of Gothenburg.
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