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Source: Eugyppius

In the eyes of these journalists and their sources, Trump is anti-democratic and authoritarian for his pursuit of government bureaucrats, federal workers, scientists, lawyers, judges, journalists, CEOs, academics and leading politicians. Our society equates the job security and autonomy of precisely these kinds of people with a well-functioning liberal democratic order.

These kinds of people love to talk about Our Democracy, but what they really mean when they say this is that it is their democracy and not yours.