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For example: I'm excited to see how trade wars with the world turns out for the US, but I'm not sure it's a guaranteed win.
Is this really an authoritarian regime survival guide or a not-too-hidden jab at the Trump presidency? Like I don't see too many of the items applying to classically authoritarian regimes like China. Let's apply the guide's own advice: > Always think critically, fact-check and point out the truth, expose ignorance with facts. The guide after all is written by Eastern / Europeans, the people is getting expropriated th…
The first (“Year 1 under an authoritarian regime”) is explicitly, and the rest also implicitly, about the transition from something loosely approximating a liberal democratic republic or Constutional monarchy to an authoritarian state; its not about surviving in an established authoritarian regime.
Is this really an authoritarian regime survival guide or a not-too-hidden jab at the Trump presidency? Like I don't see too many of the items applying to classically authoritarian regimes like China. Let's apply the guide's own advice: > Always think critically, fact-check and point out the truth, expose ignorance with facts. The guide after all is written by Eastern / Europeans, the people is getting expropriated th…
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That is a not even close to exhaustive list of only things that have happened in the past two weeks.
And like fuck it's not like recent history is all that counts. January 6th 2021
Is this really an authoritarian regime survival guide or a not-too-hidden jab at the Trump presidency? Like I don't see too many of the items applying to classically authoritarian regimes like China. Let's apply the guide's own advice: > Always think critically, fact-check and point out the truth, expose ignorance with facts. The guide after all is written by Eastern / Europeans, the people is getting expropriated th…
It's a flawed worldview that made Americans end up with dysfunctional politicians, because you reward ideological rhetoric more than real, pragmatic long-term planing.
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I call them Nazis because they claimed the label, about as unambiguously as possible.
Is this really an authoritarian regime survival guide or a not-too-hidden jab at the Trump presidency? Like I don't see too many of the items applying to classically authoritarian regimes like China. Let's apply the guide's own advice: > Always think critically, fact-check and point out the truth, expose ignorance with facts. The guide after all is written by Eastern / Europeans, the people is getting expropriated th…
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The policy decisions aren't why Trump is being called a dictator and a nazi.
[1] domestic abuse arrest warrant not granted https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/controve...
[2] corruption investigation dropped https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-je...
[3] corruption investigation dropped https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
[4] campaign finance investigation dropped https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/31/an...
[5] "credible death threats" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-politic...
[6] "at least one gentleman who went to prison for making threats" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-...
[7] "subjected to waves of Maga attacks" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/donald...