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> Do you really believe that in Europe governments are in control of everything like it happens in Russia or in North Korea? It certainly feels, as if they are
by hans_castorp 4y ago
> Do you really believe that in Europe governments are in control of everything like it happens in Russia or in North Korea?
It certainly feels, as if they are trying to do that.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago> It certainly feels, as if they are trying to do that. Putin's been there for 22 years, Kim is there by rights of birth, in my country the PM has been there for 18 months and it looks like he's not going to last till the natural end of the legislature, in 2023. His career as dictator 4 life looks pretty bleak from my POV.
- stephen_g 4y agoWell I guess that’s where the idea of the “deep state” or “shadow Government” comes from. Obviously I don’t think it’s true to anywhere near the extent that many conspiratorially minded people do, but I think there could be some truth to it, in that there are bureaucrats (especially in intelligence) in many countries who probably do have too much power and too little scrutiny and accountability over what they do, who manage to keep their positions for long periods of time and abuse their positions for various ends and reasons.