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Technology and the Global Struggle for Democracy
Technology and the Global Struggle for Democracy
Author(s)
Manuel Muñiz
Publication Type
Op-Eds
Madrid – The commemoration of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump showed that the extreme political polarization that fueled the riot also frames Americans’ interpretations of it. It would, however, be gravely mistaken to view what happened as a uniquely American phenomenon with uniquely American causes. The disruption of the peaceful transfer of power that day was part of something much bigger.