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Since Trump’s system thrives by turning backlash into fuel and chaos into pretext, the most important step we can take to preserve democracy is to disrupt that cycle. Authoritarianism feeds on silence, resignation, and the sense that nothing can be done. It grows stronger when people treat hardship as fate rather than politics.
The antidote is vigilance joined with action: refusing the myths, challenging the scapegoating, and insisting that institutions serve the public rather than one man. Rituals of democracy—voting, protest, oversight—gain power only when enacted together and defended in common. Flows of power can be diverted. Wealth and legitimacy can be redirected into communities, independent institutions, and alliances that resist capture.
Stopping him will not come from a single election or protest. It will come from sustained refusal to let instability be normalized, and from vigilance in the quiet arenas where power is rearranged. Authoritarianism thrives by convincing people they are alone, that resistance is futile. Democracy survives when people act otherwise.
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