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The Anti-Democracy Alliance: What We’re Actually Up Against

What if the fight we’re in isn’t just domestic? What if the other side is already coordinating?

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Oct 26, 2025
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Illustration by Abdel Mukhtar
By Trygve Olson

One of the most dangerous myths in American politics today is that authoritarianism is something that happens “over there.”

It doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Not in 2025.

Because the fight for democracy — and against it — is now global.
And the other side isn’t just adapting.
It’s coordinating.

There Is an Anti-Democracy Alli…

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