Losing the War to Autocrats in the 21st Century

[Axtremus]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/the-autocrats-are-winning/620526/

Long piece, but worth the read.

[Axtremus]

bump

[Horace]

Rather than a bump, how about commentary about what you think about the piece?

[Larry]

And while he's at it maybe he can tell us if he's proud of Biden or not....

[Jolly]

Let's go Brandon!

[Axtremus]

Apropos the article linked in the opening post, this one presents more examples of smaller gestures that normalize or glorify autocratic tendencies:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/lawless-masculinity-gop/620732/

[Axtremus]

Along the line of losing to autocratic regimes:

Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader in widely criticised trial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59544484

[Larry]

I just read the next to last one. That's about the stupidest "logic" I've ever seen. Ax, if you think that article is worth reading, you are 7 kinds of stupid.

[Mik]

Vaccine mandates.

Forcing dock workers et al to work 24-7.

And the funniest one of all, Biden's crackdown on global corruption. Really. You can't make this up.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/12/06/joe-biden-anti-corruption-strategy/5551638795405/