"I quoted Ezra Klein of the New York Times, who argued that "authoritarianism is here - it's just unevenly distributed"."
"Last Saturday, M Gessen, an authority on Stalinist Russia (among many other things) declared in the same newspaper that "state terror has arrived"."
"On repeat trips to the US in the past year or so, I have sought out people outside the liberal/cosmopolitan/media bubbles that typically shape the view of the US that we receive here."
Assertions in New York claimed that authoritarianism is present and that state terror has arrived. Outside liberal, cosmopolitan, and media bubbles, many people acknowledge genuine anger over ICE enforcement while framing that anger as locally grounded rather than as evidence of a nationwide authoritarian takeover. Those people often say urban residents and city-based commentators amplify and magnify fears, portraying problems as more widespread or systematic than locals perceive. Repeated visits to diverse US communities revealed perspectives emphasizing uneven distribution of authoritarian tendencies and skepticism toward metropolitan framing.
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