The steady erosion of democracy around the world in recent years may be reaching an alarming inflection point. In the first decades after the Cold War, authoritarian states and illiberal regimes were largely content to wield and abuse power without extensive violence or bloodshed. But today, they are casting off their reticence and openly crushing any civilian populations or scapegoated groups that stand in their way.

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