Re:Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. atto...
by YZF on Saturday April 26, 2025 @12:54PM
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I've had to read up on him since I'm not that familiar with this topic.
I guess at some level? But in comparison with actual authoritarian regimes/societies this seems to be in the noise.
> Encourage or condone violence to advance political goals: Dehumanize opposition and/or out-groups to justify violence against them.
Again, I don't think we're seeing this happen. Has Trump given some extreme element a sense that they can get away with things they couldn't previously? Sure. That was also the case in his first presidency. Is this a society shaping phenomena. Not really yet. Could we be in a long term change that will end up with a non-democratic US? Anything is possible. Everyone needs to uphold democratic values.
I guess at some level? But in comparison with actual authoritarian regimes/societies this seems to be in the noise.
> Encourage or condone violence to advance political goals: Dehumanize opposition and/or out-groups to justify violence against them.
Again, I don't think we're seeing this happen. Has Trump given some extreme element a sense that they can get away with things they couldn't previously? Sure. That was also the case in his first presidency. Is this a society shaping phenomena. Not really yet. Could we be in a long term change that will end up with a non-democratic US? Anything is possible. Everyone needs to uphold democratic values.