A video on the New York Times homepage, “Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World,” by Opinion Video staffers Kiana Cole and Adam Westbrook, served up five minutes of anti-Trump paranoia, featuring foreign academics, journalists, and activists warning about how authoritarianism began in their respective countries (including Russia, Singapore, Hungary, and Nicaragua). Even before Trump clips appeared at the three-and-a-half-minute mark, the hint was clear: This is what Trump’s second term could look like! (Why his first term had no resemblance to this is left unclear).
Here’s the full text accompaniment:
Exile. Imprisonment. The end of elections. We know what tyranny looks like once it’s underway.
But how does it start?
In the Opinion Video above, you’ll meet people from around the world who missed the warning signs of tyranny taking…
