Isabella Richard’s Reviews > To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader > Status Update

“If [activists] amplify messages that generate fear and hate, and likely voters respond receptively to these, the office seeker with autocratic tendencies will take notice. They will be encouraged to deliver more of this ‘red meat’ to the crowd. The slippery slope will become increasingly treacherous, with few footholds to stop the descent into a hopelessly antagonistic citizenry.”