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🧠The “new normal” isn’t loud coups—it’s quiet accommodation. Europe shrugs at Erdoğan and Orbán because NATO needs Turkey and Hungary’s geography. Strategic utility trumps democratic norms. Meanwhile, Olympics and summits sell soft power and inclusion, even as ICE agents, security logics, and geopolitical rivalry shadow the spectacle. When leverage fades and pragmatism rules, democracy erodes not with a bang—but with a bargain. https://open.substack.com/pub/openaccessblogs/p/the-unraveling-the-spectacle-of-distraction?r=56p6o5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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