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róisín_dubh

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12. Not to freak anyone out...
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 06:24 PM
Apr 2025

But anyone curious about where this could go should read up on histories of dictatorships in Latin America. Yes, they were military dictatorships and so not exactly comparable.
But there are a ton of parallels. And they are frankly very frightening.

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I think you are correct and Tickle Apr 2025 #1
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I think that to Tickle Apr 2025 #60
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Or, read up on Hungary's Orban, Turkey's Erdogan, Russia's Putin. All "elected" and all became "strong men". SharonAnn Apr 2025 #53
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More than one lamp post will be needed Martin Eden Apr 2025 #50
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