Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-rips-gop-and-trump-insurrection-in-mlk-church-speech-everyone-thought-democracy-was-settled-not-for-african-americans/

Beirich also wrote: “Conservative cowardice on white supremacy is the road to losing a democracy and possibly much worse in terms of hate-driven political violence and autocracy.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/conservative-christopher-rufo-florida-twitter-debate

Critics say Netanyahu, a defendant standing trial for corruption charges, holds a personal grudge against the justice system and is pushing the country toward autocracy.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/03/israelis-step-up-protests-over-governments-legal-overhaul/

During an appearance on Citizen TV’s Monday Report show, Murkomen said Rwanda operates as an autocracy, emphasizing that whatever the President says is considered the law.

Source: https://www.ghanamma.com/2023/12/20/raila-condemns-murkomen-in-apology-to-rwanda-its-unfortunate/

Fascism also means dictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, intolerance, the unwillingness to entertain the other view, the tendency to assume that one’s opinion is supreme and superior and that other human beings do not matter.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/obidients-soyinka-chimamanda-and-the-climate-of-fear-by-reuben-abati/

"If we don't want autocracy and tyranny to win, then they (Ukrainians) need weapons, that's the reality," said Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/natos-chief-urges-south-korea-to-step-up-military-support-for-ukraine/article_440490aa-ffcb-53ac-bb08-cb300b598d23.html

In that desperate scenario, facing defeat and the ultimate collapse of his autocracy, Putin reaching for the nuclear launch button could suddenly become a very real prospect.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11726955/365-days-Putins-bloodshed-comprehensive-look-Ukraine-war-unfolded.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

I worry about the fetishness for autocracy that we’re seeing not just from Trump, but around the world, and…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/06c990afcc2e8953?ref=ff

Moreover, casting jihadists as deviants rather than products of problematic tenants of jurisprudence that justify violence stymies criticism of the justification of autocracy as a necessary means to combat violence and promote moderate Islam.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/08/who-are-the-genuine-muslim-moderates/

Stating that “democracy turns into autocracy when powers are concentrated within one family”, state BJP president K Annamalai said the DMK government was rattled by the slightest criticism.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/social-media-admin-held-for-posting-meme-against-dmk-regimes-scheme-8512501/

The war broke out in Khartoum after disputes over plans for the RSF to be integrated into the army and over the future chain of command under an internationally backed deal to shift Sudan towards democracy after decades of conflict-ridden autocracy.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/20/sudans-warring-factions-sign-seven-day-ceasefire-sources-say

They say it will open the door to serious infringements on personal liberties and the rights of women, the LGBTQ+ community and minorities that will set Israel on a path toward autocracy.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/israeli-ap-palestinians-west-bank-israelis-b2386813.html

When he allowed himself to be coopted by Mahathir to serve in the latter's Umno regime, he sided with Malays autocracy, Mahathir's dictatorship, allowed Mahathir's rabid racism to flourish, allowed corruption in Malaysia to become its main business.

Source: https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/ahmad-zahid-hamidi-freeing-end-reformasi