Did anybody catch on NPR when a woman from Sweden was talking about how the Republicans

[raccoon]

In the US had gotten very authoritarian in the 21st century? I hear it but can’t find it now.

[Karadeniz]

1. Sweden recently published a report on authoritarianism in 4 countries...I bet she was discussing

That. Sorry I don't have more info!

[raccoon]

2. It was that report! Here's what was most interesting.

What we see is that the disrespect of political opponents, the encouragement of violence and also the violation of minority rights … they have all clearly increased with the Republican Party in recent years, since [President Donald Trump] came in the leadership but also before that,” Anna Luehrmann, V-Dem’s deputy director and one of the lead authors of the study, told CNN.

https://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/10/26/us-republicans-are-starting-to-look-a-lot-like-authoritarian-parties-in-hungary-and-turkey-study-finds/

[Karadeniz]

5. Glad you found it...thorough article!

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Couldn't find NPR. Did find ...

Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study

Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence

by Julian Borger
The Guardian, Oct. 26, 2020

The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study.

In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonising and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary, India, Poland and Turkey.

The shift has both led to and been driven by the rise of Donald Trump.

By contrast the Democratic party has changed little in its attachment to democratic norms, and in that regard has remained similar to centre-right and centre-left parties in western Europe. Their principal difference is the approach to the economy.

The new study, the largest ever of its kind, was carried out by the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, using newly developed methods to measure and quantify the health of the world’s democracies at a time when authoritarianism is on the rise.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/26/republican-party-autocratic-hungary-turkey-study-trump

[Sneederbunk]

4. We need someone from Sweden to tell us this?