This is the moment in patrimonial and autocratic systems when The Leader starts looking for external enemies and territorial expansion - to distract from his failures and to give the illusion of strength and progress.
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ryan cooper
"Whatever the reason was, it exposed half of the electorate—the 77 million people who voted for Trump—as either fundamentally unserious, decadent, or weak.
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
And no empire can survive the degeneration of its people." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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