Authoritarianism thrives on instability. It weaponizes uncertainty, spreads misinformation through visual and linguistic propaganda, and exploits structural inequities to consolidate power. As designers, we are often complicit in these processes—whether through branding political campaigns, shaping user flows on social media platforms, or designing the symbols of state power. Yet graphic design also offers tools for dissent, disruption, and collective imagination. This talk critically examines the unstable systems (political and aesthetic) that graphic design both upholds and subverts. In doing so, it proposes new design methodologies for confronting authoritarianism through critical, situated, and speculative practice.