The Danger of U.S. Culture Continuing to Unravel Into MAGA Autocracy

Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Shows How Authoritarians Atomize Culture, Creating Division, Dissension & Ultimately Upending Democracy

Dan Perry

Sep 29, 2025

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A guest post by

Dan Perry

Dan Perry led AP in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, chaired the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem and is the author of two books. Ask Questions Later is a defense of decency and reason, now under attack by you-know-who.