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But the case against Garibashvili is the first prosecution of a senior member of Georgia's governing elite, and it comes amid the ruling party's authoritarian pivot away from the West.

If left to authoritarian regimes, AI will become an engine of control.

Crow also encouraged people to protest the administration and resist the authoritarian takeover of the government and their attempts to reshape society in their image.

Frantz and other scholars who study anti-democratic political systems in other countries said there are numerous examples in which ICE’s activities appear cut from an authoritarian playbook.

A lot of people want an excuse to support authoritarians, and they will believe in the specter of “leftist violence,” no matter how fake such a threat is.