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Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by justtopost on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:19PM (#19030898)
Wow, that was quick.
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Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by munk-a on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:20PM (#19030907)
When the subject matter involves autocrats and populism godwinson's rule applies a bit less since hitler is directly within the discussion.
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Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:35PM (#19031019)
> When the subject matter involves autocrats and populism godwinson's rule applies a bit less

No, it’s just less surprising of a finding in that case. Remember Godwin's Law is: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1”.

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Re:Anti-corruption shortfalls fuelling ‘global democracy cri... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:53PM (#19031538)
At what point would you consider a comparison to or analogy using Hitler to be appropriate?
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