Functioning democracies are cool.
In South Korea, 10 days after attempting a coup d'état, president Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached. In the US, 4 years after doing the same, Trump is re-elected.
The president agreed to “step aside” after parliament voted to remove him, more than 200,000 showed up to make sure he didn't challenge it.
The president agreed to “step aside” after parliament voted to remove him, more than 200,000 showed up to make sure he didn't challenge it.
December 14, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Functioning democracies are cool.
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
looking at the 30+ democracies that have successfully prosecuted heads of state for violating their constitutions over the past 15 years
July 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
looking at the 30+ democracies that have successfully prosecuted heads of state for violating their constitutions over the past 15 years
Strangely, Roberts doesn’t name the “democracies” that, he says, shoot protesters.
Fox anchor John Roberts suggests law enforcement is showing a lot of restraint by not shooting protesters
Roberts: "There are plenty of democratic countries ... where doing something like that would get you shot, so there would seem to be a fair degree of restraint being practiced"
Roberts: "There are plenty of democratic countries ... where doing something like that would get you shot, so there would seem to be a fair degree of restraint being practiced"
June 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Strangely, Roberts doesn’t name the “democracies” that, he says, shoot protesters.
How Democracies Live:
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yonhap news agency says South Korea's impeached President Yoon has been detained.
January 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
How Democracies Live:
This is how democracies die.
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This is how democracies die.
Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
-How Democracies Die (2018)
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
-How Democracies Die (2018)
Democracies do not have to tolerate fascism to prove they are good democracies
September 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Democracies do not have to tolerate fascism to prove they are good democracies
Things functioning democracies do after attempted coups
Meanwhile, South Korea has successfully impeached their president
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Things functioning democracies do after attempted coups
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
A bad day for Putin and Trump is a glorious day for democracies around the world.
April 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
A bad day for Putin and Trump is a glorious day for democracies around the world.
Bolsonaro behind bars is a reminder: democracies survive when they stop letting criminals play government.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Bolsonaro behind bars is a reminder: democracies survive when they stop letting criminals play government.
This is, quite literally, how democracies die www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is, quite literally, how democracies die www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
there needs to be a coordinated global effort among democracies to destroy this man's financial and social media empires and leave him impoverished and powerless
June 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
there needs to be a coordinated global effort among democracies to destroy this man's financial and social media empires and leave him impoverished and powerless
* Functioning democracies
There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.
November 14, 2024 at 12:17 AM
* Functioning democracies
How Democracies Die
January 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
How Democracies Die
*did not know democracies could do that*
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, source confirms.
July 4, 2024 at 9:37 PM
*did not know democracies could do that*
And this is how democracies fall
Democrats are trying to pretend their silence about Trump is strategic but they’re just doing the precise same pathetic capitulation as every other institution
JUST IN: A day after Trump and George Stephanopoulos were ordered to appear for depositions, they settled the case.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
December 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM
And this is how democracies fall
Democracies don't do this to their citizens. Protect our information.
Trump hides his tax returns but wants to give your tax information to Elon Musk, don’t let him.
Penalty
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Democracies don't do this to their citizens. Protect our information.
Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Boy, these last eight days feel like a good reminder why democracies generally avoid letting people who attempt a coup come back to power….
Paying the President protection money is a completely normal feature of functioning democracies
“Toyota of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Detroit's Ford Motor and General Motors said they would give the same amount.”
Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration
Toyota Motor of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Detroit's Ford Motor and General Motors , said they would give the same amount.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Paying the President protection money is a completely normal feature of functioning democracies
Democracies do not surveil journalists. Despots do.
Why was the Trump administration surveilling one of the journalists who broke the Epstein story?
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Democracies do not surveil journalists. Despots do.
This stuff doesn't happen in democracies:
You don’t have to ask <if> or <when> the democratic backsliding will occur. It’s already well underway & people are only just realizing how far down the rabbit hole we’ve gone.
Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.
February 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This stuff doesn't happen in democracies: