USA To Lose It's Classification As A Democracy, Thanks To Turd-2

I heard about this via The Thom Hartmann program, then queried Copilot for the following summary...

Copilot: Staffan Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute, has expressed concerns about the state of democracy in the United States. According to Lindberg, if current trends continue, the U.S. could lose its classification as a democracy in the near future. This warning stems from data collected by the V-Dem Institute, which tracks democratic attributes across nations. Lindberg has highlighted actions and policies that undermine democratic norms, such as the erosion of checks and balances, attacks on independent institutions, and the consolidation of power [1].

The V-Dem Institute's latest report still ranks the U.S. as a "Liberal Democracy", but Lindberg cautions that ongoing developments could lead to a reclassification. This reflects broader global trends, where the number of autocracies has surpassed democracies for the first time in decades.

**End Copilot Summary**

The "ongoing developments" are actions being taken by Turd-2, aka the 2nd d0n0ld administration.

...if trends described by the authors continue throughout 2025, the United States' government regime will definitely be reclassified in next year's annual Democracy Report, says Staffan Lindberg ... a professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

"Normally, these things -- over the past 25 years -- play out over up to 10 years before democracy is sort of done away with", Lindberg says. "The Trump administration is just unleashing all of it at the same time, more or less". usnews.com 3/25/2025.

Post authored by the Anti Turd-2 Lefty blogger Dervish Sanders. wym359.