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Stacey Abrams on how authoritarianism takes over: “Normalizing violence, scapegoating the vulnerable
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1:42Now PlayingStacey Abrams joined us to discuss the 10 steps to authoritarianism, saying we are currently seeing steps seven and nine: scapegoating vulnerable communities and normalizing state violence. Listen to how she connects what is happening to children in the Dilley detention center in Texas to the normalization of authoritarianism in the U.S.
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