The NYT Editorial Board has updated their Autocracy Index, where they track 12 markers of democratic erosion:
"The crackdown on dissent and speech in Minnesota this winter follows a pattern that is common in countries that slide from democracy to autocracy: A leader enacts a legally dubious policy. Citizens protest that policy. The government responds with intimidation and force. When people are hurt, the government blames them and lies about what happened.
The New York Times editorial board published an index in October tracking 12 categories of democratic erosion, based on historical patterns and interviews with experts. Our index places the United States on a scale of 0 to 10 for each category. Zero represents the United States before President Trump began his second term — not perfect, surely, but one of the world’s healthiest democracies. Ten represents the condition in a true autocracy, such as China, Iran or Russia.
Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4."
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Trump tries to steal the 2021 election and is stopped only by Mike Pence’s conscience.
[NYT: Yeah I’d rate this administration as like 60% to the more democratic than autocratic side.](https://imgur.com/a/zv932so)