Yep, I already did in my original Guardian piece. Among/upon immigrants is where I said he was in fact exercising tremendous coercive rule.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @HeerJeet
In any event, this post is addressing a very different issue, which is how folks have dramatically scaled back the argument.
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But if Trump is imposing "coercive rule" among immigrants, that's sufficient evidence of authoritarian policy (not just intent).
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But I have no problem saying that his immigration policy is authoritarian. That's *very* different from claim you and others want to make.
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You want to make larger claim re the character of his regime as a whole. To do that, you're forced to fall back on intentions.
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Actually, I've cautioned against using model of foreign dictatorships to describe Trump administration:https://newrepublic.com/article/140952/horrible-histories-perils-comparing-trump-stalin-hitler-dictators …
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Neither here nor there for the issue that's under discussion now. And you do in fact invoke foreign regimes as useful comparison.
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You just did it 5 minutes ago, when you said autocratic regimes often empower lower bureaucrats to do dirty work.
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corey robin Retweeted Jeet Heer
Here you did it (and also in your article to which I was responding).https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/861088608643502080 …
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In any event, that's just throwing up chaff to distract from the main issue which is that you have recast the arg to focus on aspiration.
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Authoritarian aspirations + authoritarian immigration & policy policy + kleptocracy + personality cult = partial fraying of democracy.
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A new benchmark! Not an authoritarian regime! A partially frayed democracy! Which any political scientist would tell you we long were.
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And you don't worry that a partially frayed democracy could devolve into authoritarianism?
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