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  • Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee replied to the thread The transition.
    The problem with that, as I see it, is that the best recent historical examples you can give (Russia and Turkey) the federal government...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes reacted to Mr. Coffee's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    If you look at it from ten kilometers up you might perceive that. But when you look at most local government situations around the...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes reacted to scrambler's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    I am not talking about a dictature, but competitive authoritarianism, where the appearance of a democratic process is there, but there...
  • Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee replied to the thread The transition.
    If you look at it from ten kilometers up you might perceive that. But when you look at most local government situations around the...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes reacted to scrambler's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    I love your candor :) If you study how authoritarian states got to that point you will notice a 100% similarity to the steps that have...
  • scrambler
    scrambler replied to the thread The transition.
    I am not talking about a dictature, but competitive authoritarianism, where the appearance of a democratic process is there, but there...
  • scrambler
    scrambler replied to the thread The transition.
    I love your candor :) If you study how authoritarian states got to that point you will notice a 100% similarity to the steps that have...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes replied to the thread The transition.
    January the sixth. It was close. Now, the country leader is not asking the Congress permission for anything. "Special Military Operation...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes reacted to 6zfshdb's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    That would require changing the current 2 term limit, which needs a two thirds congressional approval. Not likely to happed under...
  • Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee reacted to Stefan Mikes's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    The thing such as the fuel price or the tariffs or the inflation or waging wars or ICE agents in the streets or the aviation issues (ATC...
  • 6zfshdb
    6zfshdb replied to the thread The transition.
    That would require changing the current 2 term limit, which needs a two thirds congressional approval. Not likely to happed under...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes replied to the thread The transition.
    The thing such as the fuel price or the tariffs or the inflation or waging wars or ICE agents in the streets or the aviation issues (ATC...
  • 6zfshdb
    6zfshdb reacted to scrambler's post in the thread The transition with Sad Sad.
    Assuming they have not fully taken control of the election process so they can stay in power indefinitely (Competitive Authoritarianism...
  • Mr. Coffee
    Mr. Coffee replied to the thread The transition.
    I am doubtful that such an outcome would be at all stable. The federal government does not have sufficient forces available to it to...
  • Stefan Mikes
    Stefan Mikes reacted to scrambler's post in the thread The transition with Like Like.
    What relations ? :) When your best friend suddenly declares you its enemy, you look for new friends ...
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