<p>​“Life under authoritarianism is actually, for the most part, weirdly normal. It’s often even, well, boring. . . it’s easy to think that if you just keep your head down and avoid making waves, you’ll be perfectly fine, thank you very much,” VOX Until you’re not fine. This is the year we celebrate the 250th birthday of our country, the world’s oldest democracy. But we need to ask ourselves, is this year one of American Authoritarianism or possibly, even American Fascism? Does my saying this sound extreme? Answer that question after you’ve listened to this podcast episode.</p>