"I was wrong about Trump voters" || “美国民主不会长久存在”

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Trump voters were not wrong about their betrayal by condescending American elites. Commentators should remember that in 2024.
Bret Stephens Jul 25, 2022
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/i-was-wrong-about-trump-voters-20220725-p5b4g2
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I also could have given Trump voters more credit for nuance.
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This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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Q ‘US democracy will not survive for long’: how January 6 hearings plot a roadmap to autocracy Trump’s efforts to subvert the elections laid bare the system’s weaknesses, exposing it to greater exploitation
Ed Pilkington Sun 24 Jul 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/january-6-hearings-us-democracy-roadmap-autocracy
“In a two-party system, if one political party is not committed to democratic rules of the game, democracy is not likely to survive for very long,” Levitsky said. “The party has revealed itself, from top to bottom, to be a majority anti-democratic party.”
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By Ed Pilkington - Chief reporter, The Guardian US
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Q 西方制裁俄寡头,是帮了普京大忙 德米特里·涅克拉索夫 俄国反对派团体协调委员会领导人 https://www.guancha.cn/DmitryNekrasov/2022_07_25_650799.shtml
俄国富豪不是什么好人,西方选民对其羡慕嫉妒恨。没收游艇和豪宅是一个受欢迎的吸引力。但从削弱俄国经济的角度来看,尤其是从削弱普京政权的角度来看,这些措施适得其反。希望那些失去游艇的寡头们能够影响、甚至推翻普京的希望都是虚幻的。他们中的大多数人由于制裁而变得更加依赖普京,因此也更加忠诚。 [全文]
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