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Jan 20, 2017 10:10

Great episode of Ideas, and required listening for Americans today:

The Truth About "Post-Truth"

This quote really caught my attention:

No one should be running for president of the United States saying that they are a good businessman, because a business is not run like a democracy. In a democracy everyone rules, and that's going to mean that ( Read more... )

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So long, democracy, hello, big daddy bec_87rb January 27 2017, 17:47:41 UTC
I was stuck by the notion that "maybe we're moving past liberal democracy," that maybe that style of governance has had its day, after all ancient Greece only had a liberal democracy for only a few hundred years.

*facepalm*

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moving past liberal democracy chhinnamasta January 27 2017, 22:53:28 UTC
Yes, I've heard that analysis often, in all the talk about the global rise of nativism and populism. So, the thought that this is one more turn of the historical wheel leaves you exasperated and speechless?

At any rate, at this point I'm waiting for a terrorist attack on US soil to precipitate the declaration of martial law, so the authoritarian rule can begin, in earnest. With the contempt Trump has for the various intelligence agencies, I'm afraid to say I won't be waiting long.

*facepalm* indeed!

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RE: moving past liberal democracy bec_87rb January 30 2017, 17:00:15 UTC
You can't be looking forward to this, because it will mean a flood of American refugees north.

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RE: moving past liberal democracy chhinnamasta January 30 2017, 19:35:34 UTC
Let me be clear: I am looking forward with horror. I don't know what good it will do Americans to flood here, although I'm sure you'll be welcome. Perhaps it's time to take a cue from the Silicon Valley elite, and buy one of these post apocalyptic luxury bunkers ?

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