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Re:So you think you elected an autocrat by j_m_b on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:06AM (#13068619)
What do the downfalls Somalia,Yugoslavia,Zimbabwe and Afghanistan all have in common? The establishment of socialist governments! Granting far-reaching powers to the state in the name of a greater good makes a government ripe for autocratic rule.
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Re:So you think you elected an autocrat by BeingIncubated on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:11AM (#13068640)
The downfall of Afghanistan and Somalia was that the government was too weak. The downfall of Yugoslavia was the death of its benevolent autocrat that held the multi-ethnic society together.
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Re:So you think you elected an autocrat by mozumder on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:10AM (#13068631)
Afghanistan had universal health care? Zimbabwe had unemployment insurance? Somalia had a social security retirement plan?

lol is there anything else you want to be wrong about?

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