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electric_blue68

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18. Hopefully not! While I think of Russia, and China as the Big Countries ruled by authoritarians, they....

Reply to Hornedfrog2000 (Reply #15)

Fri May 2, 2025, 07:48 PM

May 2025

had a deep, long History of Emporers, and Czars previously.

While we, though there have always been some authoritarian lovers amongst us; we have a Democratc Republic Tradition of nearly ?250 yrs. We are big, used to more freedoms historically than those other 2 countries. And we're big, how much can we big controlled? (not saying we can't be, but it maaaay be more difficult that thought to be. 🤞 )

I'm not doom scrollinng yet!

What I hope for are the most skilled, and Savvy "White Hatters" to monitor next year's elections.

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