The Big Picture

Authoritarianism is not a single switch that flips. It’s a process — and so is resisting it.

Ordinary citizens have more power than they think when they:

• Build community

• Stay civically engaged

• Protect independent information

• Form coalitions

• Push for institutional reform

• Maintain psychological resilience

• Learn from global movements

Democracy is not a static system; it’s a practice. And it’s one that ordinary people have repeatedly reclaimed throughout history.