«Mr. Levitsky, the Harvard professor, said he had some hope. The United States, he said, has a “wealthy and diverse opposition,” and rather than outright authoritarianism, there could be “a slow and gradual slide into a gray area.”»

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.6gh3.p9Ck-aAFZtaM&smid=url-share (gift)

Lovely.