Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt: Democracy’s assassins always have accomplices

The conservative parties in Spain and Brazil could show the GOP a thing or two about how to deal with wannabe authoritarians.

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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt: Democracy’s assassins always have accomplices

The conservative parties in Spain and Brazil could show the GOP a thing or two about how to deal with wannabe authoritarians.

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