Trump is aiming for dictatorship'. That's the verdict of the world's most credible democracy watchdog

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog
Martin Gelin

The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.

“Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country,” says Staffan Lindberg, founder of the institute.

Since 2012, Lindberg has led his small group of researchers in Sweden to become the world’s leading source for analysis of the health of global democracy. In their latest report, published on Tuesday, they conclude that the US, for the first time in more than half a century, has lost its long-term status as a liberal democracy. The country is now going through a rapid process of what the report’s authors call “autocratisation”.

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So how are he and the goons including the Heritage Foundation stopped?

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1. K&R

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2. This country has been a corporatocracy for quite a while now, Trump was necessary to put the final nail in the coffin.

"Corporatocracy, a system of government or society where corporations hold supreme control over economic, political, and judicial institutions. It is characterized by excessive corporate influence over policy, lobbying, and profit prioritization, often merging corporate and state interests."

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3. Now it's a kakistocracy

run on behalf of the billionaires and their tools.