Another lesson from Putin (from back in 2008): get around pesky term limits (or similar rules in this case) by switching offices with a loyalist. #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
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“To actually change the nature of #politics, to move beyond the current state of affairs ( #competitiveauthoritarianism) to something else, to #fascism, #Trump needs another kind of #conflict.”
RE:
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists
👉 Vote 'em Out!
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“To actually change the nature of #politics, to move beyond the current state of affairs ( #competitiveauthoritarianism) to something else, to #fascism, #Trump needs another kind of #conflict.”
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“‘I think it's reversible, but this IS #Authoritarianism.’
#CompetitiveAuthoritarianism:
Countries still hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics —
attacking press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing justice & threatening critics —
to tilt the electoral playing field...”
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#WhiteSupremacy | #Project25 | #Project2025 | #fascist | #fascism | #antifascism | #antifa | #authoritarianism | #competitiveAuthoritarianism | #oligarchy | #dictator | #dictatorship | #FreedomOfPress | #1stAmendment | #DeepMAGA | #PeterThiel | #HeritageFoundation
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3 ... but it's also misleading in that the competition involved isn't genuine. But I can't think of an alternative, and " #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism" seems to be well on its way to becoming the established idiom for referring to such systems, including the one that seems to be emerging in the #US
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2 ... but manage elections and the surrounding institutions in such a way that it's virtually impossible for the opposition to win and dislodge the government. " #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism" makes sense in that there is ostensibly an element of competition in the allocation of #power ...
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1 I feel ambivalent about the phrase "Competitive Authoritarianism," which seems to have emerged as the consensus way of referring to #authoritarianisms that maintain the apparatus of #electoral #democracy ... 🧵
#CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
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“The consolidation of Trump’s power has happened very quickly, more rapidly than we have seen in other examples of #competitiveauthoritarian systems.” #Trump #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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The risk is not chaos. It’s order repurposed. Not collapse, but control. #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
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Apparently what we have in #Bulgaria is called #competitiveAuthoritarianism in the US civicnebraska.org/20250423-competitive-aut...
#competitiveauthoritarianstates
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“ #Trump 2.0 has worked hard at perfecting the art of what the experts call “ #competitiveauthoritarianism,” in which an ostensibly #democratic #opposition is allowed to exist, as long as it’s guaranteed they can never succeed.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/texa...
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‘MacGregor-Reid has
confessed to the MAG writing curriculum documents, for there being “a feed of information”
during the advisory process and that feed leading them to think about “the direction of travel”
and “getting ahead of the work”‘
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
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I uncovered irrefutable evidence of the Ministry of Education and Minister being involved in the corruption of democratic process, and that evidence meant the Secretary of Education had to admit it in Select Committee.
#democraticbacksliding
#competitiveauthoritarianism
You can read more here 👇
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DEMOCRACY DEFENCE NETWORK
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Week of 16 June
Here are 5 posts from the Network that I have found interesting/enlightening/essential this week.
Thank you to the posters 🙂
#democracydefence
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
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While reading a paper on competitive authoritarian states I noted that stacking of the judiciary was a step almost all mentioned states took. Reminded me of Amanda Stoker's attempts to change how Australian judges were selected www.crikey.com.au/2020/12/22/h... #competitiveauthoritarianism #AusPol
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Get your point🙂
But, in this case it is a (legal) discussion that will define societies for decades to come, not only in the U.S.
The 'echo effect' of this across the world might be beyond comprehension.
#CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
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Screenshot of a section of an OIA letter “The document also states that the English and mathematics & statistics learning areas were being reviewed and rewritten by the MAG, but the MAG was not responsible for rewriting the curriculum documents. Following the delivery of the MAG’s report, the Ministry of Education established curriculum writing groups to progress work on the English and mathematics & statistics learning areas per the agreed MAG recommendations”
😂
They keep telling me this in their OIA response letters, but why does every batch of OIA docs I get about the MAG tell a different story?
Why is this official story so important to them?
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
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DEMOCRACY DEFENCE NETWORK
LIST’S WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Week of 9 June
Here are 5 posts from the Network that I have found interesting/enlightening/essential this week.
Thank you to the posters 🙂
#democracydefence
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
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This isn't just about education; it's a case study in how democracies can backslide through quiet, bureaucratic means.
Read the full analysis & evidence in "When Democracy Whispers"
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
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Is New Zealand's democracy subtly eroding?
My new post, "When Democracy Whimpers," unpacks how recent curriculum reforms show alarming parallels with #competitiveauthoritarianism, where democratic forms persist but substance is hollowed out.
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🚨 WARNING WEDNESDAY
Step 2 in action: coordination before advice.
March 15 Education Report documents MAG “preparing draft materials for testing in schools” 4 days before submitting advice.
This is a classic #competitiveauthoritarianism: institutional capture while democratic façade is preserved
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🔍 METHODOLOGY MONDAY
How do you spot #competitiveauthoritarianism in practice?
Step 2: Coordination between advisors & decision-makers before advice is submitted.
NZ: March 15 Education Report shows officials coordinating with advisors — Minister annotates & signs it 4 days before advice submitted
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🛡️ DEMOCRACY DEFENCE NETWORK
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Week of 2 June
Here are 5 posts from the Network that I have found interesting/enlightening/essential this week.
Thank you to the posters 🙂
#democracydefence
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
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I examined how New Zealand’s education reforms fit global patterns of competitive authoritarianism — connecting March 15 emails and parliamentary confessions to established democratic theory.
#competitiveauthoritarianism
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
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Astonishing that in less than 6 months, our best and brightest are afraid to teach and continue their research for fear of being targeted by the regime. #trump #harvard #authoritarianism #censorship #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #AmericanHigherEd
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Education Secretary confessed to Parliament they coordinated with advisory group before receiving advice.
Textbook #competitiveauthoritarianism — institutions remain but serve predetermined outcomes.
Just sent the analysis to ‘Democracy Delivered’ subscribers.
#democraticbacksliding
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🚨 WARNING WEDNESDAY
Here’s an early warning signal to pay attention to right now.
➡️ Active undermining of legislative process by NZ’s Deputy PM.
His language purports to uphold democratic principles while actually subverting them, a key characteristic of #competitiveauthoritarianism.
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