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| Lightning Strikes 10/26/20 7:25:52 AM #50: | Very interesting article regarding a study comparing the Republicans to other right-wing governing parties: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/26/republican-party-autocratic-hungary-turkey-study-trump Effectively, in terms of democratic norms the Republicans are much closer to the AKP in Turkey, Fidesz in Hungary, and the BJP in India than to mainstream right parties, and its been a steady slide. Indeed, only 15% of parties worldwide are less liberal (in the democratic sense) than the Republicans. This is really the most important thing about the election. You can go Hmm, Trump DID normalise relations with country X all you like, but this is a fight for democracy. If Trump wins that is the end of democracy in the United States. There will be elections, of course, but not free and fair, and never shifting the real power. This is not an exaggeration. --- I just decided to change this sig. Blaaaaaaargh azuarc ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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