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> If you undermine the social contract and rule by fiat, as the EU has in Greece and Cyprus, it leads to extremism, break down of social order, an ever more pol
by reinhardt 14y ago
> If you undermine the social contract and rule by fiat, as the EU has in Greece and Cyprus, it leads to extremism, break down of social order, an ever more polarised political situation, and ultimately revolution and/or dictatorship (see France late 1780s, Russia 1900-1917, Germany 1920-30s).
Hopefully irrelevant factoid: Cyprus is the 6th country in the world in number of guns per capita [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_c...