how can a leader misuse power in a democratic society
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By exercising demagogic propaganda and hate speech to convince enough people that he should put aside the Democratic process towards an Authoritarian Regime that was Democratic in name only.
Trump did this, as did Erdogan, Hitler, Mohamed Morsi (in Egypt, but only temporarily), Mussolini, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico), etc.
Yes, I know that some of the above people are much worse than others, but the process is just the same. For those naive enough to think I’m using hyperbole, Google “Concentration camp survivors and Trump” and you can spend the day reading what the only real experts on this subject had to say in their articles.
Countries like Russia, Pakistan and Venezuela have elections, but it’s very possible those elections are corrupted to allow a dictatorial man to stay in power. The above men listed moved in this direction as well.