'The fascist nightmare looms': Columnist says Trump's election may end democracy worldwide

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'The fascist nightmare looms': Columnist says Trump’s election may end democracy worldwide

Rather than standing alone as a threat to American democracy, Guardian columnist Simon Tisdall argued that [Trump] is instead part of a larger trend of far-right, authoritarian leaders taking control of Western democracies in the Americas and Europe.

He noted that despite a relatively prosperous economy, liberal institutions today are "weak and discredited." He compared Trump's MAGA movement to Vladimir Putin supporters in Russia, as both have a pattern of "valuing charisma over character, preferring the strongman to the right man, and turning a blind eye to corruption and lies."

When looking at democracies around the world, Tisdall observed that "enclaves of freedom" are "besieged" by authoritarianism as restless voters seek strongmen who will ensure "security, uniformity, conformity and social validation for the dominant majority at the cost of civic freedoms, legal accountability, independent media, diversity and minority rights."