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Institutional Transformations

The topic is about the institutional transformations that signal a slide toward fascism, including the delegitimization of checks and expertise, legalization of violence by partisan militias, concentration of executive power with impunity, and systemic erosion of pluralistic institutions.

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Jan 27, 2026

Which institutional changes would reliably indicate an American slide toward fascism, according to scholars?

Scholars identify a set of —not a single event—that reliably signal a slide toward : delegitimization of checks and expertise, legalization of violence by partisan militias, concentration of executive...