"I lived in Argentina in the mid-1980s, just after the fall of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled from 1976 to 1983. The country was taking its first, shaky steps back toward democracy. It was a time of great hope, but also of grave uncertainty - because while the generals were gone, the political culture that enabled them remained. Like most of the nation, I was captivated by the pioneering trials of the military generals that promised to restore justice."
"Let's be clear: Fascism isn't some distant or hypothetical threat - it is already here. Unmarked vans and masked agents snatch students off the streets without due process. Judges and lawyers are intimidated. The most powerful institutions in society - universities, tech firms, law firms, billionaires, legislators - preemptively prostrate themselves to an autocratic leader's whims, not because they are forced to, but because they calculate that accommodation is safer than resistance."
In mid-1980s Argentina, the military dictatorship ended and pioneering trials of generals aimed to restore justice as the country began a fragile return to democracy. The political culture that enabled authoritarian rule persisted, leaving institutions slow to reform and a lingering shadow after the dictatorship's collapse. Parallel dynamics are visible in the United States, where unmarked vans and masked agents seize people without due process, judges and lawyers face intimidation, and major institutions preemptively accommodate autocratic leaders. Tens of millions are demonized and military forces are deployed against civilian populations, signaling active authoritarian practice.
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