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By David Kirsch in authoritarians —

The Illusion of Democracy: Tolerance, Rigged Systems, and Authoritarian Drift

What looks like democracy is often just theater. Carefully staged, cynically funded, and collapsing under the weight of its own rigging. It’s not broken. It’s built this way.

A decaying Capitol prop on a dark stage, held by barbed wire and scaffolding. A spotlight shines as shadowy elites applaud, revealing democracy as hollow performance and illusion.

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