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how to defeat authoritariansims - what they do and how to defeat them (Original Post)
msongs
Jun 2018
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tblue37
(68,449 posts)1. K&R for visibility. nt
msongs
(74,199 posts)2. no govt can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of the population (its says)
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)5. I thought that statistic was interesting too, more about it here
msongs
(74,199 posts)7. thanks for the link, good read nt
msongs
(74,199 posts)3. why are incompetents put at head of govt agencies? because...
loyalty to the regime is more important than competence. sound familiar?
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)4. Thanks. Inspiration for the demoralized.
democrank
(12,680 posts)6. Giant kick
msongs
(74,199 posts)8. btw 3.5 per cent of US population is about 11 million ppl we have that many nt
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)9. K&R
forgotmylogin
(7,964 posts)10. Cutest Authoritarian Regime EVAR.
And very good explanation and explaining how it works.
zentrum
(9,870 posts)11. Thanks for posting. nt
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)12. k and r..nt
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