Max Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Civilian authoritarianization — elected strongmen who topple institutions from within, often by provoking decentralized violence like in DC — has been one of the most impt global trends of the last 30 years. "Tanks in the streets" is outmoded, as are definitions that look for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2021 Deleted

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Coup studies grew up at a time when the prevailing dynamic was civilian-military breakdowns, true for most of the Cold War. But the nature of authoritarianization has changed and today looks much more like ... well, like the USA this week. — PolitiTweet.org

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I mention all this because if you're a regular person trying to figure out how to think about yesterday's events — and why the coup experts are insisting it isn't one — it might help to know that there is some history to that odd-seeming classification. — PolitiTweet.org

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