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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAuthoritarians, fascists, Republicans,
are drawn to autocracy because they know they can corrupt it and usurp a nation's resources.
Far easier to control power centralized in one person, than in a democratic society.
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Authoritarians, fascists, Republicans, (Original Post)
cilla4progress
May 2022
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I think people are getting a dose of what minorities lived with for 200 years
walkingman
May 2022
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walkingman
(10,860 posts)1. I think people are getting a dose of what minorities lived with for 200 years
and it is very frustrating.....at least it is for me. When you have a large segment of the population that absolutely thinks people other than their tribe are not important this is what you get.
Welcome to America in the 21st century and just think it only took one psychopath to bring out our true nature.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. Yep, and pretty much like those that watch a rape, altercation or whatever in progress
but can't be bothered to dial 911, but take a video of it.
Irish_Dem
(81,242 posts)3. Their goal is to steal all US assets like Russia has done.
Putin, his cronies and oligarchs, have sucked all the money out of the Russian economy. Outside of Moscow people don't have indoor plumbing.