A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
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A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
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Re: A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
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Re: A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
#3If you want to see a non-democratic technocratic government in action, look to China. It's the largest working example of this philosophy in practice.
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#4My time machine finally works! lets ask someone what year it is now
- What are the Russians doing?
- They are waging war against their western neighbor and have annexed part of its territory.
- What are the Americans doing?
- They are engaged in a tariff war with Europe and are trying to annex Canada and Greenland
- What are the Germans doing?
- They are increasing their national defense spending
- Oh
Re: A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
#5If you want to see a non-democratic technocratic government in action, look to China. It's the largest working example of this philosophy in practice.
The big risk is that the outcome would be a lot like that of the USSR / Russia, meaning both dysfunctional and harmful, rather than successful.
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#6If you want to see a non-democratic technocratic government in action, look to China. It's the largest working example of this philosophy in practice.
The big risk is that the outcome would be a lot like that of the USSR / Russia, meaning both dysfunctional and harmful, rather than successful.
Indeed. People forget that one of the purposes of democracy simply to keep rulers honest and allow for the replacement of components that aren’t working. Which isn’t to say that ruling factions don’t spend a lot of time in democracies trying to neutralise this.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
The big risk is that the outcome would be a lot like that of the USSR / Russia, meaning both dysfunctional and harmful, rather than successful.
Indeed. People forget that one of the purposes of democracy simply to keep rulers honest and allow for the replacement of components that aren’t working. Which isn’t to say that ruling factions don’t spend a lot of time in democracies trying to neutralise this.
That hasn't been the case in the US for a long, long time. People haven't forgotten, it just no longer applies.
Re: A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland
#8> to merge
Because the USA never invades. /s