1/20. Democracy is precious and exceptional.
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10/20. Coups are defeated quickly or not at all. While they take place we are meant to look away, as many of us are doing. When they are complete we are powerless.
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11/20. American exceptionalism prevents us from seeing basic truths.
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12/20. Biden voters are wrong to see a Biden administration as inevitable. Take responsibility, Democrats.
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13/20. In an authoritarian situation, the election is only round one. You don't win by winning round one.
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14/20. Peaceful demonstrations after elections are necessary for transitions away from authoritarianism, as in Poland in 1989, Serbia in 1999, or Belarus right now.
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15/20. It is up to civil society, organized citizens, to defend the vote and to peacefully defend democracy.
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16/20. Dance after the wedding, not before. Take responsibility, Americans.
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17/20. Republicans endorsing the claim of fraud endanger the Republic.
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18/20. Calling an opponent's victory fraudulent risks assassination, as in Poland in 1922.
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19/20. Creating a myth of a "stab in the back" by internal enemies, as Republicans are helping Trump to do, justifies violence against other citizens, as in interwar Germany.
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20/20. Persuading your voters that the other side cheated starts a downward spiral. Your voters will expect you to cheat next time. Take responsibility, Republicans.
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