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How to Defeat Authoritarianism (Original Post)
Quixote1818
May 2018
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democrank
(11,100 posts)1. K & R
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)2. superb -- great info, optimistic message
defacto7
(13,485 posts)3. K&R
sandensea
(21,655 posts)4. Often, though, authoritarians are defeated by one thing: themselves.
This defeat comes about by either an economic crisis of their own making (though sometimes by way of foreign interference as well)
Or by the effects of a disastrous war - typically waged by the authoritarian himself in a half-baked attempt to consolidate their power.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)5. Kick and Rec...n/t
ck4829
(35,084 posts)6. K&R
Rhiannon12866
(205,853 posts)7. K&R! Well done!
onit2day
(1,201 posts)8. wish everyone could see this. Spot on
Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)9. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread Quixote