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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Authoritarian governments are often highly effective in the short term—especially for large countries. Over the long haul, they are a bit like tea kettles without a spout. Less noisy, but without the occasional venting of steam, they are vulnerable to catastrophic failure. Democracies are always messier in the short term. [/quote] This is boomer thinking Read Jennifer lind’s new book https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/autocracy-20-how-chinas-rise-reinvented-tyranny The new confluence of factors regarding technology and capital are changing your old tired tropes [/quote]
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