"performative authoritarianism" meaning in English

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          "text": "2020 July \"Michael Arceneaux\" \"https://www.essence.com/op-ed/donald-trump-operation-legend/\"\nI also have doubts that the distinction between what constitutes “performative authoritarianism” and regular authoritarianism matters to the people who have been reportedly bashed over the head, tear-gassed, and in select cases, hauled off to undisclosed locations."
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        "A display of authoritarian force by a government, particularly when unnecessary, as a means to convince or coerce the media and the population into believing that the government has control in matters of law and order."
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