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Dystopias, authoritarianism, technological threats... Is progress over?
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Dystopias, authoritarianism, technological threats... Is progress over?

We thought the world would always get better. That we would achieve greater levels of well-being and happiness, and that it was natural for children to be better off than their parents. But after decades of progress, we are facing times of great uncertainty: it is difficult to imagine a future in a context of wars, populism and natural disasters. What is progress today? Is it still possible?

Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, on February 13.
Donald Trump

King Trump

Fernando Francia|

The question is no longer whether Trump can amend the Constitution to stay in power, but whether American democracy is strong enough to withstand the challenges of a leader with a base willing to question its limits

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