🏛️ Politics 1h ago · Al Perrotta

A Slippery Slope to Criminalizing Politics

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A Slippery Slope to Criminalizing Politics
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Summary




Jailing opponents or condemning them to death is what dictatorships do, not democracies.



Stories from South Korea, Brazil, and certainly Ancient Rome show the dangers.



America is warned not to fall down that rabbit hole.





Politics has high enough stakes without the losers being sent to prison—or losing their heads.



Jailing opponents or condemning them to death is what dictatorships do, not democracies.



But times are changing, rapidly, and democracy isn’t what it

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