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The new leader's threatening words often have a boomerang effect. If the media feels threatened, it may abandon restraint and professional standards in a desperate effort to weaken the government. And the opposition may conclude that, for the good of the country, the government must be removed via extreme measures-impeachment, mass protest, even a coup.

( Steven Levitsky )
[ How Democracies Die ]
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