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02-12-2020, 11:14 AM | #20522 (permalink) | ||
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Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite: The Rise and Fall of the Ceausescus by Edward Behr I read this a few years ago and goddamn if it ain’t some similar ****. Hopefully the “fall” comes sooner than later.
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02-12-2020, 06:16 PM | #20523 (permalink) | ||
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The bolded, about the US I presume, is pretty worrying as all those much-praised checks and balances are proving to be ineffectual in curbing the steady decline of democracy in the US. I'm reminded of something I once read: the majority of authoritarian dictators do not gain power by revolution - they are voted into office.
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02-12-2020, 06:38 PM | #20524 (permalink) |
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Anyone who knows anything about it can point to a million ways Trump and Ceaușescu are different but the important and frightening lesson there is how little it actually took to create a total atmosphere of paranoia and fear in Romania.
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02-13-2020, 02:13 PM | #20525 (permalink) | |
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02-15-2020, 07:23 AM | #20526 (permalink) | |
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I think lack of imagination is one reason why Trump and Barr can get away with this stuff: senators and voters both couldn't imagine that the US would have an authoritarian banana republic government - but if it walks like a duck, as they say, and that's how the Department of Justice is now operating: - lying about the Mueller Report conclusions - using frivolous investigations (McCabe, etc.) as a device of political harrassment - re-investigating done-deal guilty verdicts (Flynn) - downsizing sentence guidelines for cronies (Stone) - scuppering legit investigations (NY's investigation into Trump's hush-money campaign violation) That's all true banana republic stuff imo, and it looks like an election is the only way to curb it. That's why I suspect that the upcoming election is going to be an unprecedented sh+t fest of misinformation and voter repression from the GOP.
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02-15-2020, 12:03 PM | #20527 (permalink) | |
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02-15-2020, 12:18 PM | #20528 (permalink) |
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Caroline Flack (host of well known TV show in UK) found dead.
Was going to be on trial on March 4th for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend. Media and the online nation tore her to bits and it looks like she killed herself. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51517973 |
02-15-2020, 12:24 PM | #20529 (permalink) |
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She ****ed a 17 year old when she was 31. Oh the horror.
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02-15-2020, 01:00 PM | #20530 (permalink) |
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It's probably more to do with her breaking a lamp over his head, but nice Kobe apologism bro.
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