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doc03

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8. Once an autocrat gains power it is nearly imposible to get them out short of an

Reply to Aristus (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 05:45 PM

Mar 2024

armed revolution, Look at Russia, Putin just murders any opposition and elections are rigged. After the USSR
imploded democracy never got a foothold before Putin took it back to a dictatorship. I think the west was partially
responsible for that.

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How bad does it have to get? If we lose it all, how do we take it back? [View all] Irish_Dem Mar 2024 OP

Ask NATO to intervene no_hypocrisy Mar 2024 #1

I don't think NATO has ever gotten involved with an internal dispute in a member country. Barry Markson Mar 2024 #4

KnR...excellent points... MiHale Mar 2024 #2

One of my biggest reasons for hope is that the American people really don't like being told what to do. Aristus Mar 2024 #3

But the people that had a collective shit-fit over mask mandates and vaccine requirements Barry Markson Mar 2024 #5

Every autocrat eventually over-reaches. Aristus Mar 2024 #7

Once an autocrat gains power it is nearly imposible to get them out short of an doc03 Mar 2024 #8

I can assure you that it is far easier to keep than restore. TheKentuckian Mar 2024 #6