politics 3 test

false consensus

people overgeneralize their own attitudes causing them to over estimate the degree others share those beliefs

stealth democracy

American beliefs about how government should work

criteria for stealth democracy

government procedures not visible unless one actively looks people don’t regularly provide input or monitor elected officials or participate in decision making

common good is easily understood and agreed upon

disagreement absent from decision making

stealth democrat

avoid disagreement to maintain harmony about which issues are important to the public often shaped by the media

democratic erosion

democracy slowly breaks down in many ways weakening systems, norms, freedoms, guarantees and processes that keep democracy fair and functioning

autocratization

process of regime changes from democracy to authoritarianism

sabotaging accountability

tactics to evade responsibility by denying, delfecting, blaming, keeping secrets, and misinforms

disabling acess

limits public access to truth and suppressing critical voices

disabling voice

censorship, disinformation, silence citizens