One case is Bolsonaro in Brazil. He was elected and wasn’t re-elected four years later. He now will face trial for his attempted coup.
So not 0.
Maybe 0 when the future dictator is invited to power as a deep state move, not by the people but by the government?
Finland was not cited as an exception. His point about Finland was that the fascists messed up - they tried to use violence before that point.
Assigning the blame to the “other” side seems like a cop out.
I’d rather describe blaming “the Democrats“ as adopting the framing of this administration. They blame all “Democrats”, name a wide range of strawmen using the former president’s name like an adjective.
It’s quite destructive running around screaming rape, murder, fire. The president is willing to do it, the current congressional majority is all in, and the Supreme Court is YOLO. All branches are captured by the propaganda of this corrupt administration. This boat don’t turn around on the drop of a dime.