How to transform autocracy to democracy: Multiple prongs

Problem: Your country has been a democracy and is now facing an aspiring autocrat backed by a huge team of clever advisers and an entire political party. 

Start by understanding that one tactic will not stop him. Indeed, there are hundreds. 

Reverend James Lawson, named by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr as one of the architects of the US civil rights movement, said (paraphrase): Show me a winning campaign and I'll show you one that is multipronged, intercultural, and intergenerational.

What did the Rev mean by multipronged? There are many, but mostly what he meant was that one action, one tactic, one repeated action is essentially a pathetic one-trick pony. 

In an institute bearing his name, African American journalist Deb Mathis echoed the Rev. She pointed out in her years in a newsroom as an editor, she would frequently assign a reporter to cover a new and promising campaign, but if they did the same thing the next time, she stopped assigning anyone to cover it. 

Indeed, when a campaign has news on the street, in elected officials' offices, in the courtroom, in houses of worship, in the leadership circles of unions, and even in the lives of celebrities, that multipronged effort raises the campaign into the minds of many more people.

Don't get stuck with one exciting tactic that swiftly devolves into crashing boredom.