Two Reasons Why Trump’s Rapid Autocracy Push Will Fail

A new study has shown that Trump's America is proceeding with democratic decline at a faster pace than other countries that have undertaken the same journey over the last couple of decades. Which sounds like bad news - and obviously it's not great. BUT there are two substantial and important reasons why this may actually indicate that President Trump is much more likely to fail in the long term in the process of transforming the US into a full-on authoritarian state. So let's discuss. References in this video: How steep is Trump’s democratic backsliding? (paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/b474855e-66b0-4e6e-9b73-7e252bd88938 Methodology Document: ‘Scale of Liberty, Independence and Democratic Erosion’ https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTNz8J13MV_ZLQ8BT-AsRNTn4lADHidb3KRYpuQ7ZiA895SgDGwz2PaCi3KQeHpEdjcOMUl4bVs6qNn/pub Support Mallen's work on Patreon! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker [ please use the website, not Apple IOS Patreon app, as Apple takes a big slice of money from the latter ] Support Mallen via Paypal https://paypal.me/mallenbaker The ‘Faultlines’ channel by Mallen Baker covers news, current affairs, science and politics. A rational, reasoned and non-partisan approach to some of the difficult issues of our time, looking for how we can best survive and thrive in the modern world. Prefer it on podcast? Audio versions are available wherever you get your podcasts, or see https://the-mallen-baker-podcast.simplecast.com/ Quotes reported in this video should not be taken as an implication of their author’s endorsement or involvement in this video.