mainstream, what we end up doing is saying democrats say this, and republicans say that. who knows, if we do that long enough, we keep our eye off the ball long enough, there s no longer a democracy to cover. what do you compare the situation, i mean, is there a country you compare what s happening in the u.s. right now to in terms of a country that became autocratic that fell or where democracy died. what s happening in the u.s. now is quite typical. it s very typical that you would have some kind of mixture of vio violent coup attempts and legal attempts, using the law to overthrow the regime. what s happening in the u.s. now with the biden, is most similar to hungary, where you have a step by step, salami slicing approach, you can never say at what moment the system has changed but at some moment, the system definitely has changed and so if we don t start talking about the right to vote as
law to overthrow a regime. what is happening i think in the u.s. now under the biden administration with the states passing voter suppression laws and voter subversion laws is perhaps most similar to hungary where you have a kind of step-by-step salami slicing approach where you can never say at what moment the system changed but at some moment, the system definitely has changed. and so, if we don t start talking about the right to vote, as opposed to all these little laws. if we don t start insisting on the direct ability of americans to to choose their representatives, then we are going to find ourselves in the same place as these legalistic autocratic regimes that have emerged. the media also plays a role in the spread of tyranny. i mean, i have been in countries where, you know, radio stations have been integral, in rwanda, fri for instance encouraging a genocide. bosnia and the war there. i mean, that is part of the process, as well. what else do you see happening here that ar
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syria says they had no nuclear uses. outgoing defense secretary robert yates warned against what he called a salami slicing approach to defense cut. he told washington think tanks achieving $400 billion in cuts over the next 12 years will mean sacrifice, but it needs to be done correctly. meeting that savings target will require real cuts. given the escalating part of the defense budget. as a result, real choices. gates will retire at the end of june. the tail of the helicopter abandoned in the bin laden raid has been returned to the u.s. it was damage and the navy seals tried to blow it up. pakistan s government returned it over the weekend. former egyptian president hosni mubarak will stand trial on charges of conspiracy relating to deadly shootings of protesters earlier this year. mubarak stepped down in