I’d like to see an example of a democracy or other non-authoritarian system that has ever successfully resisted an authoritarian takeover like this where the authoritarian controls the military, the legislature, and the judiciary other than just by waiting for it to self-destruct or assassination. Seriously. It would be helpful to have a model to follow and I’m not familiar enough with history to know where to look.
I have a feeling if anyone is here to look back in fifty years, we’ll find any actions we took were too little and too late, and that it’s just human nature to think the worst isn’t going to happen to us.
I’d like to see an example of a democracy or other non-authoritarian system that has ever successfully resisted an authoritarian takeover like this where the authoritarian controls the military, the legislature, and the judiciary other than just by waiting for it to self-destruct or assassination. Seriously. It would be helpful to have a model to follow and I’m not familiar enough with history to know where to look.
I have a feeling if anyone is here to look back in fifty years, we’ll find any actions we took were too little and too late, and that it’s just human nature to think the worst isn’t going to happen to us.
I fear exactly the same. I wish my fellow USAmericans had the courage of South Korea and Nepal.