What unites diverse strongman leaders is not a shared ideological program but a common set of conditions where existing governments and ruling elites have failed to deliver on economic growth and stability, creating voter willingness to tolerate or embrace disruptive figures and anti-democratic impulses.
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Carlos LozadaEvidence Quote
“there have to be a set of conditions that enable this kind of politics to not just exist but to thrive... the financial crisis in not just in the United States but in Europe starting in 2008 you know broke the assumption that standard liberal democratic practices would make things work”
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