David NjokuThere are around 200 countries on earth.
If you'd asked me to make a list of countries ranked from "most likely to meekly submit to autocracy" to least likely, I've gotta admit that I would've put America near the bottom.
Shows what I know.
RolloTreadway@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I'd have put them close to the top, especially once the plan to take over the Supreme Court became clear.
I think, rather than looking at reasons why a country might meekly submit to autocracy, it makes more sense to assume that every country could do so, and look instead for things that can reduce the likelihood of it happening.
The US has nothing that can't be easily negated.
Nor, by the way, does the UK.
Das@davidnjoku@mastodon.world someone mentioned that the pace and number of rule changes and policy shifts is likely unprecedented except when any country gained independence.
That tracks - train is going the opposite way now
David Njoku@SRDas@mastodon.online For a man who reputedly doesn't start work till noon, Trump is amazing at getting stuff done. This minute he's taking over Washington, next he's giving away Ukraine, and then he's prosecuting Obama, or drooling over Sydney Sweeney.
If there was 24 hours and 1 minute in a day, he might have found time to release the Epstein files.
David Njoku@SRDas@mastodon.online For a man who reputedly doesn't start work till noon, Trump is amazing at getting stuff done. This minute he's taking over Washington, next he's giving away Ukraine, and then he's prosecuting Obama, or drooling over Sydney Sweeney.
If there was 24 hours and 1 minute in a day, he might have found time to release the Epstein files.