Paving the Way for Authoritarianism

Japanese people more susceptible to authoritarian messages: research

A research team has found that Japanese people tend to be more easily persuaded by the illiberal narratives of authoritarian regimes than by mainstream messages from democracies extolling freedom and human rights. At a time when countries such as China and Russia are increasingly adopting social media as a new tool to spread story-based messages that appeal to emotions and values, the Japanese team's findings suggest illiberal narratives could b…

Paving the Way for Authoritarianism

Vanity Fair: “For the first time in more than 20 years… the world now has more autocracies (91) than democracies (88), with liberal democracies (29) now the least common regime type. Twenty-seven countries have transitioned from democracies to autocracies since 2005.”

The report states that there is a trend towards “debilitation of democracy” at the global level. The entry A study on democracy showed that “Argentina is on the way to being an Autocracy” was first published in #BorderPeriodism.

Latin American Abstract, March 28, 2025. The report, made in Sweden, ensures that the “weakening of democracies” is a global trend. It leaves Argentina closer to moving towards models such as those of Venezuela or Pakistan than of the United States. Gothenburg University, in Sweden, carried out [...] Entry Argentina. On the way to becoming an autocracy, according to a study on democratic quality was first published in Latin American Abstract.

The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducted a study on the state of democracy in the world and warned