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Authoritarianism sounds a lot weaker once you translate the memo. Democracy Deprogramming breaks down the slogans, myths, euphemisms, and fake civic wisdom used to sell democratic decline as freedom.

Break the spell.

Democracy Deprogramming exposes the propaganda, myths, messaging tricks, and authoritarian reframing that help democratic decline look normal.

It is the companion publication to Democracy Redline.

The warning system tracks the democratic danger.

This publication goes after the programming behind it: the slogans, euphemisms, fake history, bad civics, legal smokescreens, and argument-by-repetition tactics used to sell minority rule as common sense.

Expect:

• plain-English civic education

• propaganda breakdowns

• authoritarian translation notes

• sharp arguments

• practical democratic self-defense

• satire, ridicule, and visual counter-programming

Because once people understand the trick, the trick gets weaker.

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