When they were still consolidating their authoritarian systems Orban, Erdogan and Putin made damn sure that their equivalents of Social Security and military benefits were paid on time.
Trump's violently incompetent torching of state capacity is a whole different category.
Trump's violently incompetent torching of state capacity is a whole different category.
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Been coming around to the idea that the ultimate safety valve against Trumpist authoritarianism is going to be White Americans' pathological inability to endure material privation. Republicans think their constituents are like Russians or Hungarians instead of the softest people in human history.
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Didn’t think of it this way
As long as the current men with guns are paid, control will be maintained
The bonus army were ripped off and the current troops happily opened fire on them…