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We're involved in a new "fight of the systems". Instead of Capitalism vs. Communism, it's Democracy vs Authoritarianism. There are a number of countries followi
by matt4077 10y ago
We're involved in a new "fight of the systems". Instead of Capitalism vs. Communism, it's Democracy vs Authoritarianism. There are a number of countries following the example set by Russia and China, such as Turkey, Hungary, the Philippines and Poland. Others are flirting with the idea, such as the US, France or South Africa.
The problem is that these systems work a lot better than Communism ever did, especially if you look only at economic indicators, and only at the part of the population that doesn't complain.
- nisa 10y ago> Turkey, Hungary, the Philippines and Poland Not sure how exactly how exactly the CIA can help there.
- matt4077 10y agoMe neither. But that didn't stop them from fighting the previous conflict, in mostly identical countries.
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- AckSyn 10y ago> We're involved in a new "fight of the systems" [...] Democracy vs Authoritarianism The United States has been authoritarian for at least a half-century.
- zigzigzag 10y agoFrance? You appear to be describing any set of policies you don't like as "authoritarianism". There's nothing anti-authoritarian about the French politicians who are publicly committed to handing ever more power to the EU, for example.
- mherkender 10y agoLe Pen is France flirting with authoritarianism.