08/04/2026 Clocking It: The Political Rundown — Halfway Clocked For years, the dominant geopolitical narrative has been one of democratic retreat. Autocracies are on the march. Strongmen are celebrated. Institutions are hollowed out. And the people, the voters, the citizens, the ones who actually live under these systems, have been treated as spectators to their own dispossession. The narrative is seductive in its simplicity: democracies … Continue reading Why Authoritarian Strength Is an Illusion