How to spot authoritarianism — and choose democracy | Ian Bassin

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Democracy is about having choices — and authoritarianism is about not having them, says lawyer and writer Ian Bassin. Detailing the seven steps of the authoritarian playbook, he invites us all to put aside our differences and rethink our role in the fight for freedom, revealing the hope and power behind every choice we make.

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0:17.2	The way democracy dies doesn't happen with a lot of explosions and tanks.
0:23.0	Lawyer and writer Ian Basson says authoritarian movements are far sneakier in their takeovers.
0:29.0	In his 2023 talk from Ted Democracy, he warns that the threat is coming from inside the system and
0:36.1	present some choices we can make now to bolster democracies around the world.
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